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Originally Posted by jaysay
Just depends what you call sick blazey, were Bradey and Hindley sick were Fred and Rose West sick, it seems that they all try the mental illness get-out-clause when it comes to these atrocities  |
Its not a get out clause though. You find a very very small percentage claim insanity as a defence because of the unpredictable time you will end up spending in an institution. Many people who ARE insane prefer to just plead guilty to murder and get a set sentence, same goes for child sex offenders and rapists. A paedophile could please insanity but he'd be in hospital for a lot longer than a prison sentence, why? Because there is no cure for paedophilia, its pretty much a preference, not an illness, like being homosexual.
think its something like 3% of murderers plead insanity or something like that. Not very high, I know that much.