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To: one_particular_harbour
Correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding of the "not guilty by reason of insanity" defense is that it was originally developed to protect the insane and the retarded, and if they were acquitted under this defense it didn't mean they went free, but they would be committed to an insane asylum instead of being sentenced to death or prison. People acquitted under this defense were not meant to walk free.
362 posted on 03/01/2002 10:42:53 AM PST by Alouette
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