could you briefly describe how has the use of an insanity defense changed since the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley, Jr.? 

What tests for this insanity defense are most effective in your opinion? Should the test for insanity include whether the mental disease or defect overcame the defendant's willpower or volition?

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