| numonex said: People use mental illness defense when they are desperate to dodge murder or serious criminal charges. "Voices inside me head made me do it. I was not there when the crimes were committed, I was possessed by demons who did the crime using my body. The drugs made me do it." |
I know it is, because it's a legitimate defense. lots of people will attempt to fake a legitimate defense to get out of a crime. I was under Duress, I had no other option, the list goes on. The problem is it's just not as easy as saying "oh I was crazy" A lot of people who fake the crazy's are exposed, even the ones that seem pretty convincing.
I remember hearing about a special case in law class where a guy walked in to a court building and opened fire with a machine gun, then walked around for 6 hours shooting and mumbling incoherently to himself. He pleaded not guilty by way of insanity. Well here's the thing, in the tapes of the shooting, there was an instance where he said to one of the guys he shot "I'm sorry" That there was proof that he was in a state of mind to understand that he was at the very least causing suffering. The guy was found guilty.
But again, even if your found not guilty by insanity, you're not off the hook. A prison sentence ends at a set date, mental treatment ends with sound mental health, which can take a long time (or forever) to fix. Mental Illness is no Get out of Jail free card.
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