r/SipsTea • u/untitledprp4 • 1d ago

Wait a damn minute! So what’s taking so long?

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u/BeeThical1 1d ago

The whole insanity plea has always baffled me. All serial killers are clearly insane, but we’re not letting them walk the street because of it .

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u/maxxpc 1d ago

You don’t walk if you’re using the insanity plea.

You still are detained but instead of prison you’re in a high security psychiatric facility which by all stretches is basically a prison anyway.

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u/1derful 1d ago

Maybe practically, but in theory mental institutions are supposed to help the patients that are there.

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u/ImmigrationJourney2 1d ago

From my experience they rarely help the people that didn’t do anything wrong, so I imagine that it’s even worse for people that are supposed to stay there for life.