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Odysseus was said to have feigned insanity to avoid participating in the Trojan War. [10] [11] Malingering was recorded in Roman times by the physician Galen, who reported two cases: one patient simulated colic to avoid a public meeting, and another feigned an injured knee to avoid accompanying his master on a long journey. [12]
Today feigned insanity is considered malingering. In a 2005 court case, United States v. Binion , the defendant was prosecuted and convicted for obstruction of justice (adding to his original sentence ) because he feigned insanity in a Competency to Stand Trial evaluation .
"Feigned madness" is a phrase used in popular culture to describe the assumption of a mental disorder for the purposes of evasion, deceit or the diversion of suspicion. In some cases, feigned madness may be a strategy—in the case of court jesters , an institutionalised one—by which a person acquires a privilege to violate taboos on speaking ...
Ricard O'Sullivan Burke (24 January 1838 – 11 May 1922) was an Irish nationalist, Fenian activist, Union American Civil War soldier, U.S. Republican Party campaigner, and a public-works engineer.
Castaing was taken to Paris, where an investigation commenced that lasted five months. For the first three days Castaing feigned insanity but soon gave it up. He was then moved to Versailles prison. [3] His trial commenced before the Paris Assize Court on November 10, 1823, and lasted eight days. [3]
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I would rather die today than tomorrow." He was sent to Sing Sing Prison to await execution. [26] Schmidt's defense team filed an appeal shortly after his sentence, which postponed his execution for at least a year while it worked its way through the courts. [27] In December 1914, Schmidt admitted that he feigned insanity during his trials.