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Originally Posted by blazey
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.
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When did homosexuality become classed as an illness ?