Not sure why this is a problem. Personally, I think anyone who successfully beats a rap in a criminal case based on an insanity defense should spend at least as much time in a mental institution as he or she would have spent in prison under a maximum sentence. If someone isn’t responsible for their criminal conduct because of their mental state, then they certainly don’t belong walking around freely in public.
He stole a $20 necklace!!!
Do you think he deserves 40 years in jail or insane asylum for that?
“Personally, I think anyone who successfully beats a rap in a criminal case based on an insanity defense should spend at least as much time in a mental institution as he or she would have spent in prison under a maximum sentence.”
I agree with your statement, generally. However, I do not believe that 40 years is the applicable sentence for stealing a $20 necklace. ;-)