Sentence examples for proved insane from inspiring English sources

The Duke of Cumberland didn't hang about in London waiting to see if his niece could be proved insane.

His sister said in an affidavit that her brother "had a delusion that only an insane person could prove insanity".

Many expensive school-fixing schemes proved just as insane and just as useless.

Unless it can be proved they were insane at the moment they committed the crime, they are not exempt from the gurney.

The War on Drugs pretty much proved that an insane fantasy, and today, if there is a global urge for reform, it has been carried along by evidence, rather than conservative mythology.

"But he listened, and he played a selection of records in the course of each week that his listeners knew - partly because the selection was sometimes so insane - proved he was genuinely engaged in his work as an almost unconditional conduit between creative musicians like me to the radio audience".

An insane trial proved widespread racketeering, drug conspiracy, and robbery by police in Baltimore.

The state courts ruled that he had to show he was insane for them to appoint a lawyer and a psychologist to help him prove he was insane.

There was some effort to prove he was insane.

In the flesh, Keith proves far less insane than his South-Park-does-Johnny-Rotten stage persona would suggest.

But while Lavid makes it sound like the defense is in a tough spot, Holmes's attorneys don't have to prove he was insane, as in most states.