High Court Review Insanity-Defense Case Summary

Have you ever wondered why people have not pleaded guilty for a crime that they committed? According to the article, High Court Reviews Insanity-Defense Case, we can argue to ways in which we either believe that insanity plea should be allowed in the court or not. This article was written and debated in 2006. The author is Nina Totenberg. This article is about Eric Clark and how he pleaded in the court of Arizona. I think that people should not be able to use the insanity plea in court. First, Eric had told his parents that they were aligns. There was no sign in the article were it had said that Eric thought anyone else was a alien. Eic could have had trouble with the police in the past and just wanted to get revenge. We could say that Eric was bating the police so that he had the opportunities to shoot the police officer. For example, “Eric sneaked into his brother’s room and took the keys to the family truck, then he drove round and round one block of a Flagstaff, Arizona neighborhood with the speakers blaring loud music. Neighbors called 9-1-1 and Officer Jeff Moritz responded.” This shows that Eric had bated the police officers to come near him. Eric would know that this could upset people in the neighborhood and could cause trouble. …show more content…
As you have seen the doctor and judge in the article have the same opinion as me. Especially in Erics case we have seen that the doctor believes that he is guilty and knew what he was doing. As you have read the this article you might think of why this matters. If one of your family members was killed by someone considered to have a mentally disease and they were not pleaded guilty because of their mental disease. How would you feel? I believe that people who have mental diseases should be treated with the appropriate care. Although it does not change the fact that they were the ones who did the killing whether they were in the right state of mind or