Using the Insanity Defence to Cheat the System

Using the Insanity Defence to Cheat the System

CJUS 400 how criminals plead the insanity defense to avoid the harshness of prison, how they cheat the system

Thesis: The policies under the federal insanity defense towards legitimate mentally ill individuals who genuinely need professional help not only liberates non- mentally ill criminals to avoid serving their full sentence in feral prison but also them disrespecting the system and what it stands for.

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  • Utilize academic writing (i.e. neutral gender, no personal pronouns (I, we, our), no rhetorical questions, etc).
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The insanity defense has, for a long time, been part of the United States Criminal Justice System (White, 2011). It is one of the contentious defense tactics used by offenders who seek to escape liability or punishments for their illegal actions. For some criminals, the idea that they will spend a substantial portion of their life in prison is too much to take (White, 2011). They see the insanity defense as a way out of such an encumbrance…
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