But is it an excuse for murder?

For a long time I have suspected that the mega drug companies are inventing new diseases to sell us more drugs.  Illnesses with initials abound but I heard of a new disorder recently that I suspect was invented by a clever attorney.  The defense being offered in a case where a man admits murdering his girl friend is that the poor man suffers from IED, Intermittent Explosive Disorder.  Evidently, because the man had a rough childhood he now suffers from spells of uncontrollable rage. Awe, poor baby.  Somehow I think that the fact that has come out that he took over an hour to actually kill his victim will make this weird defensive disease a little less plausible.  One can only hope.