The Pros And Cons Of Insanity Defense

Research has shown that insanity defense has been used in roughly 1% of the cases and from such cases only about ~26% has been successful defences (Daftary-Kapuret al, 2011). Research has also shown that those who often resort to the insanity plea has prior mental hospitalization records to either inpatient or outpatient facilities and ~82% has been diagnosed with major mental disorders at the times of the psychiatric evaluations. (Daftary-Kapuret al, 2011).
Further research has shown contrary to public opinion insanity defense is not exclusive to violent crimes. 31.6% of the insanity defence pleas included non-violent felony charges. Defendant who pleads insanity has many risks associated with it (Daftary-Kapuret al, 2011). First an insanity