The Clancy Defence and the Lunacy of Mens Rea

A mother argues that hallucinations absolve her from responsibility for the deaths of her three children.

Reconsidering Mens Rea

The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

The Wholly Trinity Hiding in Plain Sight

 How thinking, feeling and acting develop into empathy, metacognition and wisdom.

The Scales of Injustice

How modern courts absolve the guilty and punish the innocent.

The Criminalisation of Consciousness

In a world obsessed with criminalising intent, the finger of blame has shifted from what we 'do' to what we dare to 'think'.

From Intentions to Outcomes

All living beings have only three faculties.

The Ghetts Defence and the Mens Rea Mirage

Despite a horrible death, common law still peers past the wreckage and into the driver’s mind, hunting for intention long after the consequences have made themselves brutally clear.