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[–]Q-Continuum-kin 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I hate the whole "plead insanity" nonsense. It's part of using the justice system to enact revenge rather than a way to protect society. Either the person is a danger or he isn't. Being insane or not doesn't change the fact that you could murder someone at the drop of a pronoun.

"Insanity" isn't a mitigating circumstance on how dangerous the person is. It's only mitigating if you accept a concept where the person deserves a revenge sentence or not.

[–]fuck_reddit 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It also runs up against the problem that the insane do not view themselves as insane, so the sane will plead insanity and the insane will plead not guilty.

[–]Q-Continuum-kin 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

i do agree with that but some people do know, especially once they are on medication. People go off medication then refuse to go back on because in their mind they are in some alternate version of reality so they are STILL dangerous even if they do know because they can go off medication or any other situation could happen.

[–]fuck_reddit 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That’s true, good point.