the insanity plea, should it be eliminated or kept? Options

[aicilah999]

yeah this was a debate topic at school.

Should the insanity defense be eliminated?

i think the insanity plea should not be eliminated because every person is entitled to assert all possible defenses as stated in the constitution.

[brandewijn]

Yes, it should be eliminated. Do you know that in my health records I found that they had written down that I suffered from depression and anxiety? Among other things. I was never even told this. I never knew I went through an "interview" of that sort. Hell, a pap smear doesn't exactly qualify...I'm not in denial. I might have suffered from a bit of depression as a young teen but now, NO WAY!

My point is that these days, a "professional" can find something wrong with just about every one of us. Too many people these days are filing saying they suffered from depression or whatever the case.

Military wife here and in our neighborhood last year, a man and his wife had just had a child but he had custody of his 4 year old with down syndrome. She had an accident at night in her bed and he slammed her against the bathroom wall so many times he cracked her head open, threw her in scalding hot water that made her skin burn apparently almost beyond recognition. He and his wife took their newborn to family, leaving the living 4 year old in the tub. Went back home and called 911 admitting what he did. Only about 2 hours after getting to the ER she passed away, swelling and bleeding in the brain. Coincidentally, he had just gotten back from 6 months in Iraq and blames it of course on post traumatic stress disorder due to war. What a load! Child services had over 40 complaints about him from neighbors and teachers who saw bruises only within the year before he even went! So that shows what BS the "PTSD" is. Just an excuse.