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The Insanity Plea


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The Insanity Plea
A discussion on the danger of using the insanity plea.
1,957 words (approx. 7.8 pages) | 8 sources | MLA | 2005


Paper Summary:

This paper contends that people should be held responsible for any crime of murder they commit, except in self-defense, regardless of whether or not they are insane. It also argues that those who are acquitted on the basis of insanity should still receive a the requisite prison sentence, which they would serve in a mental institution under treatment with no chance of release until they have served the full term and are determined to have been cured.

From the Paper:

"Both the law and psychology recognize the mental condition of insanity and define it. According to its psychological definition, insanity refers to a condition in which people take action on the basis of "irresistible impulse" (Fass). In other words, insane people do not have the ability to control themselves and act an understanding of the consequences of their actions or their significance. Thus, a person guilty of murder but who makes an insanity plea is actually saying that he murdered either because he did not understand what he was doing, or could not control his desire to murder. The legal definition for insanity agrees with the psychological one."

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APA Citation:

The Insanity Plea (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-The-Insanity-Plea/58608

MLA Citation:

"The Insanity Plea" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-The-Insanity-Plea/58608>




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