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Daniel Edgar Sickles (October 20, 1819 – May 3, 1914) was an American politician, soldier, and diplomat.. Born to a wealthy family in New York City, Sickles was involved in a number of scandals, most notably the 1859 homicide of his wife's lover, U.S. Attorney Philip Barton Key II, whom Sickles gunned down in broad daylight in Lafayette Square, across the street from the White House. [2]
The trial of Daniel Sickles was an American criminal trial. It was the first time that a defense of " temporary insanity " was used in American law, and it was one of the most controversial trials of the 19th century.
The defense was first successfully used by U.S. Congressman Daniel Sickles of New York in 1859 after he had killed his wife's lover, Philip Barton Key II. [21] The temporary insanity defense was unsuccessfully pleaded by Charles J. Guiteau who assassinated president James A. Garfield in 1881.
Scrapping the insanity plea, he invoked the so-called unwritten law of defending a family’s honor. As a lawyer, he should have known there is no such a thing: A husband isn’t legally entitled ...
Sickles was born on October 20, 1819, in New York City. He entered politics and served in the United States Congress from 1857 to 1861. In 1859, he gained notoriety for shooting [1] Philip Barton Key II over an affair Key had with Sickles's wife. Sickles successfully pleaded temporary insanity for the first time in United States history. [2]
Jury rejects insanity defense for man convicted of hate crime in stabbing death in Green Bay prison. Gannett. Kelli Arseneau, Green Bay Press-Gazette. April 25, 2024 at 4:51 PM.
The insanity plea was discredited by a number of mental health experts, including Dr. Jason Pickett, who testified that Gregg was fully competent to stand trial and that she was aware of her ...
Sickles was acquitted based on temporary insanity, a crime of passion, in one of the most controversial trials of the 19th century. [19] It was the first successful use of the defense in the United States. [20] One of Sickles' attorneys, Edwin Stanton, later became the Secretary of War. Newspapers declared Sickles a hero for "saving" women from ...