TeamRoper wrote:

kevgraub wrote: I think the insanity defense is something that many people really don't understand. You do not get off just by proving you were crazy at the time you committed the murder. You have to meet a very tough burden of showing that you were completely unable to that what you were doing was wrong at the time you committed the crime. Very, very few people are insane to this degree. I think a person could argue that Rader was probably somewhat insane, but he also knew what he was doing was wrong - thus the insanity defense would have been of no use to him. If a person is unable to tell what they were doing was wrong - what purpose does sending them to prison rather than a mental institute serve? It is like punishing your four year old for saying "Shit" for the very first time. If he has no idea it is bad for him to say "Shit," would you immediately send him to his room without supper, or would you work to explain to him not that it is wrong and he should not say it again? Now, I think there are certainly cases where insanity is pled (usually unsuccessfully) that are total BS. However, the same can be said for self-defense (which I don't think anyone wants to do away with). By the way, Kansas is one of four states that has abolished the insanity defense, so none of you have to worry about it too much. Shit, after reading through this whole thread, I'm starting to worry that I am becoming a liberal. WTF is up with that?!?! The real question is do you pack viagra with you everwhere? Or does mc take care of that "end" for you?

better watch it tmroper, mc will think you are jellous and he might go loco!

And, given the fact he already has the mentality of a 4 year old, who knows what he might get away with.

i oppose death.

jc wrote:

i oppose death.

Why am I not surprised.

BT wrote:

jc wrote: i oppose death. Why am I not surprised.

so..........let's see..........you are a proponent of death, right?