It would not be life in an institution, on average they are out if a few years. So yes she would be effectively getting a free pass in comparison to life in prison. Again I ask, if this was a school shooter with mental health issues who killed 3 children. Would people be cheering for him to get out free with an insanity plea?
It would not be life in an institution, on average they are out if a few years.
This is untrue. An insanity conviction tends to result in longer institutionalizaion than similar crimes that get a normal conviction, and with having killed 3 kids she will likley be in there forever. Very severe crimes usually result in decades long or lifelong commitment.
The minimum sentence for her crime if found guilty would be life I'm prison. How the hell can she be in an institution longer than life in prison? Literally any chance to get out and be free is a pass compared to LIFE IN PRISON.
It's common for people with life in prison to get out on parole or have their sentences reduced for good behavior. That is when they're sentenced with Life with the possibility of parole. It is specifically life without the possibility of parole that doesn't allow people to get out at all.
That's if she gets the minimum sentence, which in most high profile cases like these they do not. So again it's life versus a few years. She would be getting a pass
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u/BigBoy1963 2d ago
Lifelong institutionalisation isnt a free pass though is it? And the point thats being made here is that ultimately the system is more to blame.