Murderers all plead insanity
That’s not true at all. Insanity is used as a defense in a tiny minority of cases.
OTD teens all blame Rebbeim
Some do, but I think it’s far from all.
As an aside, what does this have to do with Gedolim? The prohibition against hitting someone applies regardless of the gadlus of the person. Even hitting someone like me would probably be forbidden – no matter how much you thought I deserved it.
The Wolf