In my essay‚ I will tell you why I agree that Andrea Yates‚ 44‚ is not guilty by reason of insanity. I believe that Andrea Yates had a very serious sickness‚ and it should have never been able to get that out of hand. Andrea Yates was suffering from severe postpartum psychosis and was losing control over herself. Rusty - Andreas husband -‚ her family‚ and the many doctors she had been working with should have took control about her acting’s. Rusty was a very controlling husband to Andrea while they
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The insanity defense is a defense used in criminal court cases. This defense argues that the defendant is not responsible for his/her actions at the time of a crime due to a mental illness. Although the insanity defense is used in less than 1% of cases‚ when it is used it causes worldwide controversy and outrage. Many people oppose the insanity defense‚ claiming that defendants who are found not guilty by reason of insanity are getting a “get out of jail free card”. Despite what skeptics may think
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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
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Insanity Defense: Why Should It Be Eliminated Or Altered Hassan Khan Ozark Technical College Mr. Brett Houser 28 January 2014 Abstract The author of this paper argues several reasons why the insanity plea should be changed or either eliminated. The reasons are considered
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Insanity Defense In criminal trials‚ the insanity defense is the claim that the defendant is not responsible for his or her actions due to mental health problems. Any mental illness could serve the basis for an insanity defense‚ excluding conditions that have antisocial behaviors as their primary characteristic and appear to have no physiological basis. Overall I believe that if someone has a real mental illness and it made him or her commit their crime‚ they should not go to prison. I feel that
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The defences of insanity‚ substantial impairment by abnormality of mind and automatism play a vital role in avoiding criminal liability. Principally‚ the defences reflect the idea that intellectually challenged individuals should not be penalised but rather treated of their mental impairment. However the outcomes of each defence have also been criticised as ‘anomalous and arbitrary’ due to conflicting legal and medical definitions. Consequently‚ support for the abolishment of these defences has
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standards in society are detrimental to one’s success as one can never achieve perfection‚ ultimately leading to complete mental insanity of the unnamed narrator within “The Yellow Wallpaper”. To
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The Insanity Defense has always been a controversial issue. Can people really be too mentally ill to be responsible or does their mental defect affect their way of thinking at the time of a crime? People who plead not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI) do not go to prison for their crime but usually spend time in a psychiatric hospital until mental health authorities determine when they are not a danger to society. The insanity defense focuses on the defendant ’s state of mind at the time of the
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As defined by Merriam Webster’s Dictionary‚ the insanity plea is‚ “the claim that the defendant is not responsible for his or her actions during a mental health episode‚” and consequently exempts the defendant from full criminal punishment. Since 1994‚ it has been statistically proven that only .9 percent of criminal cases have used the insanity defense. It was also discovered that .013 percent of insanity pleas are successful. Therefore‚ even though many believe that some defendants take advantage
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Many people have heard about the insanity defense in different famous cases where it has come up and been used. The insanity defense is a compromise between society and the law‚ meaning that society believes that criminals shouldn ’t be punished if they are mentally incapable of controlling their conduct. There is a lot of controversy with the insanity defense‚ like questions such as what is the different if an insane person killed someone and if a sane person killed someone‚ the person is still
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