scottie on 04 March 2009
stof said:
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. |
Agreed, I suppose if the state you're in has the death penalty then it might be preferable to plead insanity, but It would probably be better to do the jail time than the mental treatment time
