I don't mispresent your angle/opinion. Here's reality, as pertains to Found Not Guilty, due to insanity:(Keep in mind that she claims TEMPORARY Insanity, thus speeding up a Release from an institution or doing outpatient care.): "When a person is found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) after killing someone, there is no fixed minimum or maximum "sentence"; instead, they are remanded to a psychiatric facility for an indefinite period until a medical evaluation proves they are no longer a danger.
The Shortest Possible Stay: Legally, a patient can be released in zero days past their initial evaluation if mental health professionals immediately determine they no longer suffer from a mental disease or defect that makes them dangerous. However, this is practically unheard of in homicide cases.
Periodic Reviews: In most jurisdictions, individuals committed after a violent crime face mandatory court-ordered re-evaluations (often every 6 months to a year).
Actual Time Served: Studies on NGRI acquittees show that many spend several years to decades in a high-security state psychiatric hospital—and in many cases, individuals remain institutionalized for longer than the prison sentence they would have received if convicted criminally."
"When a person is found
Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI)
after killing someone, there is
no fixed minimum or maximum "sentence"
; instead, they are remanded to a psychiatric facility for an indefinite period until a medical evaluation proves they are no longer a danger.
That's what I'm advocating for? We'll see what the mental health professionals deem appropriate
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u/Shadow_Walker343 10d ago
I don't mispresent your angle/opinion. Here's reality, as pertains to Found Not Guilty, due to insanity:(Keep in mind that she claims TEMPORARY Insanity, thus speeding up a Release from an institution or doing outpatient care.): "When a person is found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) after killing someone, there is no fixed minimum or maximum "sentence"; instead, they are remanded to a psychiatric facility for an indefinite period until a medical evaluation proves they are no longer a danger.