Manion's defense is temporary insanity/irresistable impulse.
But the cop testified that Manion told him if he could do it all over again he'd do it exactly the same way.
Wouldn't that piece of evidence alone totally nullify the defense?
No, because Mannion suffered a dissociative reaction. Even if he was sane before and after the shooting, the dissociative nature of the temporary insanity means he was not responsible.
http://thinkingoutloud-descartes.blogspot.com/
But if he says, after the shooting, that he would do the same thing again, there is no dissociation. His actions at the time of the shooting were consistent with his ongoing thought processes.
shareYou are completely wrong. A person saying they would do something does not negate the insanity that made it impossible to control their actions. All Manion is really saying is that he would do the same thing, sane, that he did when he was crazy.
http://thinkingoutloud-descartes.blogspot.com/
You are not correct either. It might not completely negate it. But if he admits he would do it while sane, it certainly puts his claim of temporary insanity into doubt.
shareIt wouldn't matter if he was temporarily insane or not because any husband, if they found out their wife was raped and beaten, and he shot the rapist, would say he'd do it again, a better alternative to the son of a bitch free and loose and walking around and maybe tantalizing them about how he got away with it, or doing it to someone else, or threatening to do it again.
shareSaying he would do it again does not mean he would do it again though. People say stuff.