Hollywood has taught us all that the easiest way to get out of prison time is to plead insanity. Of course, it’s not as simple as that, and there can be some rather creative roads taken to make an insanity defense work. Because of the complexities of the legal system in the United States and other similar nations, attorneys often need to come up with elaborate (and often ridiculous) defenses for their clients. Whether or not a person is guilty or innocent rarely comes into play once a lawyer decides to go with a film-inspired insanity plea… or worse. The following are some of the most ridiculous legal defenses that actually worked.
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