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Crazy, Not Insane

An examination of the research by forensic psychiatrist Dorothy Otnow Lewis who investigated the psychology of murderers.

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Alex Gibney

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documentary, biography, crime

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Shortly after confessing, - Crazy, Not Insane

Shortly after confessing,

Hence, he refused to
sign the confession - Crazy, Not Insane

Hence, he refused to sign the confession

To the trial court, he was
a liar, pure and simple. - Crazy, Not Insane

To the trial court, he was a liar, pure and simple.

Johnny Frank Garrett, - Crazy, Not Insane

Johnny Frank Garrett,

Johnny was dispatched to
death row in Huntsville - Crazy, Not Insane

Johnny was dispatched to death row in Huntsville

Johnny related in
a bizarre fashion, - Crazy, Not Insane

Johnny related in a bizarre fashion,

We wrote reports
on everybody we saw - Crazy, Not Insane

We wrote reports on everybody we saw

I'd never seen somebody
so flamboyantly psychotic. - Crazy, Not Insane

I'd never seen somebody so flamboyantly psychotic.

I diagnosed schizophrenia
with brain damage - Crazy, Not Insane

I diagnosed schizophrenia with brain damage

No, I didn't. I didn't
commit neither one of 'em, - Crazy, Not Insane

No, I didn't. I didn't commit neither one of '...

Dorothy:
Immediately, I realized
he's a multiple. - Crazy, Not Insane

Dorothy: Immediately, I realized he's a multiple.

Dorothy:
Years later,
I was reading the "Times." - Crazy, Not Insane

Dorothy: Years later, I was reading the "Times."

(church bell ringing) - Crazy, Not Insane

(church bell ringing)

According to the material
she had read, - Crazy, Not Insane

According to the material she had read,

Texas was about to
execute a crazy man - Crazy, Not Insane

Texas was about to execute a crazy man

If there was ever a case
deserving of clemency, - Crazy, Not Insane

If there was ever a case deserving of clemency,

On the other hand, Texas was
still the no-nonsense state. - Crazy, Not Insane

On the other hand, Texas was still the no-nonsense state.

No governor of Texas - Crazy, Not Insane

No governor of Texas

The Texas governor would
convene a clemency board. - Crazy, Not Insane

The Texas governor would convene a clemency board.

If, after pondering
all the evidence, - Crazy, Not Insane

If, after pondering all the evidence,

Nobody could then accuse - Crazy, Not Insane

Nobody could then accuse

Who was the political pawn
whose life hung
in the balance? - Crazy, Not Insane

Who was the political pawn whose life hung in the balance?

Dorothy:
See, you can see
a light in here, - Crazy, Not Insane

Dorothy: See, you can see a light in here,

So I found out
who his lawyer was, - Crazy, Not Insane

So I found out who his lawyer was,

"I will come down to Texas, - Crazy, Not Insane

"I will come down to Texas,

He had a persona,
a violent one,
Aaron Shockman. - Crazy, Not Insane

He had a persona, a violent one, Aaron Shockman.

Dorothy: - Crazy, Not Insane

-I became Aaron Shockman.
-At that time? - Crazy, Not Insane

-I became Aaron Shockman. -At that time?

-Intellectually.
-Mm-hmm. - Crazy, Not Insane

-Intellectually. -Mm-hmm.

-He's smarter than I am.
-Mm-hmm. - Crazy, Not Insane

-He's smarter than I am. -Mm-hmm.

Dorothy:
He would pause between
what he was telling me, - Crazy, Not Insane

Dorothy: He would pause between what he was telling me,

Johnny: - Crazy, Not Insane

Dorothy: - Crazy, Not Insane

He talked about how
children used in pornography - Crazy, Not Insane

He talked about how children used in pornography

Johnny was more terrified
of being recognized - Crazy, Not Insane

Johnny was more terrified of being recognized

Again, Johnny's eyes - Crazy, Not Insane

Again, Johnny's eyes

Dorothy:
Aaron said,
"That bitch Barbara, - Crazy, Not Insane

Dorothy: Aaron said, "That bitch Barbara,

She was another
alter of Johnny's, - Crazy, Not Insane

She was another alter of Johnny's,

-Dorothy: And what's your name?
-Barbara. - Crazy, Not Insane

-Dorothy: And what's your name? -Barbara.

Narrator:
A condemned person
must understand - Crazy, Not Insane

Narrator: A condemned person must understand

He must also
understand the fact - Crazy, Not Insane

He must also understand the fact

In Johnny's case,
Aunt Barbara
had promised repeatedly - Crazy, Not Insane

In Johnny's case, Aunt Barbara had promised repeatedly

I'm not gonna let
that happen to him. - Crazy, Not Insane

I'm not gonna let that happen to him.

Dorothy:
Really? They would kill you, - Crazy, Not Insane

Dorothy: Really? They would kill you,

We had reams of data - Crazy, Not Insane

We had reams of data

This is how you create
a psychotic individual. - Crazy, Not Insane

This is how you create a psychotic individual.

And we had clips - Crazy, Not Insane

And we had clips

Dorothy:
But the clemency board
didn't give a damn. - Crazy, Not Insane

Dorothy: But the clemency board didn't give a damn.

Reporter:
Board members came
out to vote 17-to-1 - Crazy, Not Insane

Reporter: Board members came out to vote 17-to-1

Garrett's only real hope now - Crazy, Not Insane

Garrett's only real hope now

That's unlikely,
and he faces death
by lethal injection... - Crazy, Not Insane

That's unlikely, and he faces death by lethal injection...

(door slams) - Crazy, Not Insane

Witness accounts of the
execution lead me to believe - Crazy, Not Insane

Witness accounts of the execution lead me to believe

Dorothy:
His last words were
something like, - Crazy, Not Insane

Dorothy: His last words were something like,

With chants and candles, - Crazy, Not Insane

With chants and candles,

Reporter:
On the same side
of the street, - Crazy, Not Insane

Reporter: On the same side of the street,

The human rights group argue - Crazy, Not Insane

The human rights group argue

These hardened criminals - Crazy, Not Insane

These hardened criminals

As governor,
I made sure they received - Crazy, Not Insane

As governor, I made sure they received

Yeager:
Back when we were doing
a lot of this work, - Crazy, Not Insane

Yeager: Back when we were doing a lot of this work,

They are often the kinds of kids
that are called super predators. - Crazy, Not Insane

They are often the kinds of kids that are called super preda...

So I don't wanna ask - Crazy, Not Insane

So I don't wanna ask

Commercial:
She's the only Democrat
for governor - Crazy, Not Insane

Commercial: She's the only Democrat for governor

When Dorothy and I first
started working together, - Crazy, Not Insane

When Dorothy and I first started working together,

Yeager:
And, initially, - Crazy, Not Insane

Yeager: And, initially,

So they were teaching
people how to read, write, - Crazy, Not Insane

So they were teaching people how to read, write,

And then as we were
getting more and more - Crazy, Not Insane

And then as we were getting more and more

If you come into our state - Crazy, Not Insane

If you come into our state

-Moderator:
What do you make of--
-(applause) - Crazy, Not Insane

-Moderator: What do you make of-- -(applause)

Keeping other people from
engaging in the same behavior. - Crazy, Not Insane

Keeping other people from engaging in the same behavior.

And all the studies,
social science studies,
have shown that - Crazy, Not Insane

And all the studies, social science studies, have shown that

In fact,
executions sort of bring - Crazy, Not Insane

In fact, executions sort of bring

In states where
executions have gone up, - Crazy, Not Insane

In states where executions have gone up,

Dorothy:
The legal system
at this point - Crazy, Not Insane

Dorothy: The legal system at this point

But, if you have
that and only that, - Crazy, Not Insane

But, if you have that and only that,

Aggravating
circumstances focus, - Crazy, Not Insane

Aggravating circumstances focus,

Was the victim tortured
or raped or mutilated? - Crazy, Not Insane

Was the victim tortured or raped or mutilated?

These often focus
on the defendant's
abusive childhood - Crazy, Not Insane

These often focus on the defendant's abusive childhood

The gruesomeness
of the murder - Crazy, Not Insane

The gruesomeness of the murder

Now, ask a jury to wrestle
with that equation - Crazy, Not Insane

Now, ask a jury to wrestle with that equation

Burr:
The Supreme Court has always
used that word "compassion" - Crazy, Not Insane

Burr: The Supreme Court has always used that word "comp...

That it's something that allows - Crazy, Not Insane

That it's something that allows

My hope, and others' hope, - Crazy, Not Insane

My hope, and others' hope,

A view that serious
mental illness - Crazy, Not Insane

A view that serious mental illness

Sawyer:
This is Yale psychiatrist
Dorothy Lewis - Crazy, Not Insane

Sawyer: This is Yale psychiatrist Dorothy Lewis

They're trying to get courts
to give Multiple Personality - Crazy, Not Insane

They're trying to get courts to give Multiple Personali...

Which brings us
to David Wilson, - Crazy, Not Insane

Which brings us to David Wilson,

-A savage act...
-Man 3: What can you
say after something - Crazy, Not Insane

-A savage act... -Man 3: What can you say after something

Dorothy:
I went and examined him - Crazy, Not Insane

Dorothy: I went and examined him

I was quite startled - Crazy, Not Insane

I was quite startled

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An examination of the research by forensic psychiatrist Dorothy Otnow Lewis who investigated the psychology of murderers.

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Director: Alex Gibney

Writer: Alex Gibney

Production: N/A

Genre: documentary, biography, crime

Year: 2020

MetaScore: 78/100

ImdbRating: 6.9

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 18 Nov 2020

Awards: 1 nomination total

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