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Daniel Sickles: Temporarily Insane?

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Crimes of the Centuries presents one of Amber's favorite episodes from Season One. Happy holidays everyone!

In 1859, two of Washington, D.C.'s highest-profile men were in love with the same woman -- and that love triangle would lead to the broad-daylight shooting of one of them just a stone's throw from the White House. The victim had been the first-born son of Francis Scott Key, author of the lyrics to America's national anthem. And his killer would be the first in the country to argue a defense of temporary insanity.

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