Absolutely Not: Pleading Insanity
This isn't okay for anyone to do. There have been multiple murderers who have kept out of prison by pleading insanity. They are put in the insanity ward and with good behavior and multiple weekly visits to the Insanity Ward are let off scott free of their murders. This man has killed, raped, and beaten many women. They found eleven corpses in his house! He pleads insanity and he will get away without even making up for his actions just working on his problem! If he is evicted of charges on account of pleading insanity, I will have lost all faith in court juries in today's America. For all of those people who voted in favor of the killer who pleaded insanity in their cases here is what I say to you:
"If they're so insane, throw them behind bars and tell them it's a five star hotel."
I know it sounds bad, but really people. I don't care how mentally challenged a person might be. If they killed anyone close to me, I would want proper justice for such a thing. And if you really do feel sympathy for the killers who were born with problems then I shall tell you this: They can get counseling just as well behind bars as they could outside them.
I agree with Chace that people should not be able to plead insanity in any cases because if there are truly insane they should be locked in an asylum.
ReplyDeleteI agree! I pounded my fist when I read this part:
ReplyDelete"If they're so insane, throw them behind bars and tell them it's a five star hotel." Everything else is legit too.
I think if the person was actually "crazy" then they WOULD NOT be looking for help if they were considered innocent. At least when they get put into prison, they would be forced to work through their problems with required counseling. Letting them back out into society not only harms them, but now is harming alot of other innocent people..
ReplyDeleteI have mixed feelings about this. My mother is a mental health nurse, and my father happens to be a correctional officer (one of the bosses who runs the Lino Lakes prison); therefore, I believe that there is really no exact answer as to where an "insane" criminal should be placed. I know that at prisons counseling is usually not up to the standard as it is at mental health facilities, but I also know that many people at "asylums" truly belong in prisons, and many people at prisons should be in mental health facilities. (Chace, I don't think that prisons provide as good of services for people who need help dealing with mental issues. They may have counselors, but the treatment is no where near as complete or adequate, from what I can tell.) I discussed this with my parents, and my final conclusion is pretty open-ended. I believe that a criminal's placement (mental health facility or prison) should depend on the circumstances, but the time spent there should be the same in either case. I think that the duration of an insane criminal's imprisonment should be the same as that of a sane one, unless either needs more time for continued counseling.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Taylor, Kendall, or Em, they should be thrown in prison. Juat tell them it is a 5 star hotel.
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ReplyDeleteWell, in most murder cases the sentence time in prison is life and if not, many years. So I don't think regular visits to the insanity ward and therapists for life really is being fair to the community that must live by that (can I say) "psycho".
The people who plead insanity are desperate and admit guilty to their crimes. If they know how to plead insanity, then they know right from wrong. Therefore, the proper thing to do would to be throw them in prison as a consequence for what they did. If needed maybe they could visit specialized therapists. But the thing is, do you really want serial killers walking free because they are insane?
I like that ***** hotel idea. I think they should be thrown in prison for being insane. It's like giving athletes steriods. You know something will go wrong.
ReplyDeleteHey Chace, I hear what you're saying, but that's not exactly what I meant. I'm talking about mental facilities that they would actually live at, not places that they'd just visit. I'm talking about them being locked up in hospitals, not prisons. I would never want a criminal, insane or sane, walking the streets. I just don't think it's fair for people who are truly mentally ill to be placed in prisons rather than treatment centers. It all depends on the situation.
ReplyDeleteIt does fit the situation if someone who is mentally ill goes to prison. If someone does something that for a regular person you would be sent to prison, a mentally ill person is no different. The mentally ill person should have got psychiatric help before committing the crimes. Prison is a big difference from an Insanity Ward. Prison really helps someone understand consequences for their actions, while the Insanity Ward goes only to fix the person's mental problem. The crime one commits is what brings them there in the first place, not the fact that he they have a mental problem.
ReplyDeleteIt is as if somebody got drunk one day. The next day he gets drunk again. He comes to find that he has become an alcoholic. Now, before he ends up doing something serious like drunk driving a car into a school bus he seeks help. If he doesn't and he does hit a school bus, he deserves to go to jail. The same should apply for the mentally ill.
Chace, you have made a lot of good points, but I still think that truly insane people may not be able to care for themselves and get help. I don't think that a criminal should ever go on the streets, but I believe that everything in these cases is circumstantial. I truly believe that there is no one right answer because every crime and the things that lead up to it are different. In fact, from what I can tell, hospitals can really be a lot like prisons, especially when people are under constant supervision (maybe even more so than at a correctional facility). I understand that we have different opinions, and I honestly do respect your beliefs. This is just what I think; it is not necessarily right or wrong.
ReplyDeleteWell then, I guess we agree to disagree. My opinion stands pretty firm on this subject.
ReplyDeleteI guess that's the most logical option- to agree to disagree. I guess it's a good thing that we don't always have the same view point because that proves that we are really thinking about the different sides of this topic. My opinion remains firm as well.
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