Insanity

I think that insanity is a good law, but only if it is properly used. People can not be allowed to get away with crimes by pleading insanity if they do not have a history of psychotic behavior. Insanity isn't suppose to be a last resort for people trying to get away with a crime, it is a serious thing and should not be played around with. People trying to plead insanity who are really should face further consequences for trying this, otherwise anyone could try it and who knows what could happen.

Insanity should be constituted through a sanity evaluation to address to question first of whether or not the defendant has a mental illness. Anoterh thing that constitues insanity is if the person didnt know what they were doing was actually wrong. A sane person knows the difference between right and wrong, but a person with a mental illness may not so they need to be properly treated so they are not a threat to society.

When it comes to the Andrea Yates case people can not blame her for what she did. Yes she was the one who committed the crime and she was the one who stopped taking her medication, but there should have been people helping her all the time, or she should have had to stay in a mental hospital or something so they could help her stay mentally stable. She is the one that should be punished for her actions, but what she did was because of what other people didnt do for her. i do believe in the death penalty in some cases, but not this one. That wouldnt teach her anything and she needs serious help if shes doing that to her own family. Sghe should be institutionalized at the highest facility possible.