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