The wording is important. It shouldn't be "innocent," it's "not guilty."
Big difference.
Am I wrong or is it different in some states? Is is EVER "innocent by reason of insanity" is is that a mistake made by the media?? (The same ones who call weapons "guns," ships "boats" and marines "soldiers.")
The legal standard is "Not Guilty". A moral standard is "Innocent". The correct disposition, at least in New York, by plea or verdict, would be "Not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect". Reporters, from whom the information is usually gotten, are too lazy, ignorant, or both to learn and use the correct terminology.
That's one of my pet peeves . . . there is no such thing as "pleading innocent" or being "found innocent." Grrrr.