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Why the Insanity Plea IS NOT Valid

Why the Insanity Plea IS Valid

  • Used as an excuse
  • Insanity is a legal term, not a medical state of mind
  • Long term consequences
  • Compromise of Justice
  • They can't distinguish between right and wrong
  • Brings Validity to the way it is utilized
  • The mentally ill can get the help they need

Cost of the Insanity Plea

  • Affects taxes of the state
  • Costly difference between housing an inmate and housing a patient

Conclusion

Introduction

  • Low Success Rate
  • Costs the General Public lots of money
  • Ideals of our justice system
  • Inconsistency across the states
  • Been used since the early sixteenth century
  • 51 different types of the Insanity Plea across the US
  • Only 25% success rate
  • A lot of factors determine the success of failure of it

Rules of the Insanity Plea

  • M'Naghten rule
  • Irresistible Impulse Test
  • Durham Rule -
  • American Institute of Law Test
  • The Model Penal Code Test

Synopsis of the Insanity Plea

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