The problem with the insanity defense is that i feel like it could be faked. And if it is faked, then the person being sentenced as not guilty due to insanity would get them off the hook much more easily than life in prison. If however, it is not faked, i think it is a good idea for a person whom is criminally insane to be institutionalized for a very long period of time.
Insanity is defined as a "persistant mental disorder or derangement". Seeing as insanity is persistant, that would mean it does not go away. If it does not go away, then why would it be smart to hold the criminally insane in mental institutions where they can come and go off the campuss? It would not be smart. It would be quite stupid actually. If a person is under law considered insane, they should be treated as though they will never not be insane.
Andrea Yates should not be put into a mental instituation where she can leave. No matter how good of a facility it is, one never truly knows what could be going on in someone elses head. For all we know, Andrea is thinking of a way to kill as many children as possible. Not to mention how in my second paragraph, seeing as she is under-law considered insane, she should not be treated any less insane than her first sentence to a facility where she could not go off campuss.
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Don't you think it would be difficult to fake insanity in all of the tests and evaluations they do? I do agree that she should not be able to leave the facility to do whatever she wants. She should at least need a nurse with her at all times as a precaution
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