Insanity Plea Should Be Allowed
Instead of going to jail for the rightful sentence, they are put into a mental hospital.
For example, a person goes on a murder spree, gets caught and is sentenced to life in prison, but he pleas insanity and gets out of his sentence and is put into a hospital.
Next instead of going to a high security prison, they are put into a less secure atmosphere.
For example, a criminal does not want to be watched 24/7 and pleas insanity to get out of it, if it is accepted he could have more freedom than he would of had in the prison.
Finally, instead of dealing with the sentence they deserve and dangers that can come with it, they fake their insanity to get out.
For example, a criminal who is charged with raping a child would plea insanity because to other …show more content…
Criminals will say anything to try to get out of the crime they have committed.
For example, Daniel Sickles shot a man in Lafayette park and he claimed temporary insanity for his wife was barren.
This shows that nobody can know if a man or woman is being honest or not during testing.
Finally, the insanity plea should not be allowed is because the ability to know if a criminal is insane at the time of the crime is near impossible without creditable witnesses.
Without witnesses to a crime, the criminals could say he was insane at the time of the crime.
For example, a criminal kills all the witnesses but gets caught and pleas insanity because all the creditable witnesses are dead, the criminal can say that he was not sane at the time of the crime and nobody can object to his plea.
Witnesses could go into hidden or claim they were not there to not object to the plea the criminal has called.
For example, if the criminal had other accomplices out there who are looking for a credible witness, the witness would not confess but hide in fear for their lives.
Witnesses could be payed by someone of high
For example, a person goes on a murder spree, gets caught and is sentenced to life in prison, but he pleas insanity and gets out of his sentence and is put into a hospital.
Next instead of going to a high security prison, they are put into a less secure atmosphere.
For example, a criminal does not want to be watched 24/7 and pleas insanity to get out of it, if it is accepted he could have more freedom than he would of had in the prison.
Finally, instead of dealing with the sentence they deserve and dangers that can come with it, they fake their insanity to get out.
For example, a criminal who is charged with raping a child would plea insanity because to other …show more content…
Criminals will say anything to try to get out of the crime they have committed.
For example, Daniel Sickles shot a man in Lafayette park and he claimed temporary insanity for his wife was barren.
This shows that nobody can know if a man or woman is being honest or not during testing.
Finally, the insanity plea should not be allowed is because the ability to know if a criminal is insane at the time of the crime is near impossible without creditable witnesses.
Without witnesses to a crime, the criminals could say he was insane at the time of the crime.
For example, a criminal kills all the witnesses but gets caught and pleas insanity because all the creditable witnesses are dead, the criminal can say that he was not sane at the time of the crime and nobody can object to his plea.
Witnesses could go into hidden or claim they were not there to not object to the plea the criminal has called.
For example, if the criminal had other accomplices out there who are looking for a credible witness, the witness would not confess but hide in fear for their lives.
Witnesses could be payed by someone of high