Someone told me that the law has changed to where if someone claims "insanity", they are sentenced to a pych ward until they are "sane" and then they get to serve their real sentence. Is that true? I hope so....No one should get off by claiming insanity.
Usually true. Depends on the local LE. It's not easy
to prove oneself "insane", just acting the part while
in custody and during mental exam won't cut it.
The insanity plea works very rarely and is extremely difficult to prove in court. It's obvious that the perp set himself up for an insanity plea ever since the cops started finding lies and inconsistencies in his alibi. He pulled a stunt to get put into the psych ward so that the cops couldn't interrogate him.
Mark's attempts to get an insanity plea will fail. If he was insane, he would have admitted that he killed his wife because she was possessed by the devil or that God told him to do it or some such thing. His wife's well-hidden body and attempted alibi show that he knew he was doing something wrong. If he were insane, he would be sleeping like a baby and would be proclaiming that his conscience is clear. He would not have been getting all distraught and getting picked up by the cops running naked around a hotel while gibbering uncontrollably. He didn't act insane, he acted out his stereotype of how insane people act.