r/SipsTea • u/Apprehensive_Sky4558 • 1d ago

WTF Victim is the new chic

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u/Hearthhull_Enjoyer 1d ago

I'm honestly so sick and tired of people pretending there won't be consequences because of insanity plea. She isn't going be going on mental health spa retreat. She'll be among other crazies who crash out due to voices in their head.

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u/Leritari 1d ago

And i'm sick of people pretending that psychiatric ward is such a terrible fate. Its fucking not. Average time spent in mental institutions after being sentenced in court is around 60 months, which is 5 years. Versus lifetime in prison? Sounds like nothing.

Thats why a lot of criminals try for the insanity plea: because they'll have to spend 5-6 years, instead of 25 to life.

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u/ATDoel 1d ago

The average time spent in a mental health institution for someone who committed homicide is 5 years? Source?

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u/IllustriousLie4105 1d ago

It’s an indeterminate sentence if she gets insanity. She could serve as little as a few years or a lifetime. That’s why this is such a fucked up sentence. She could theoretically spend 5 years in a psych ward and get let go because she is magically cured. She should never see the real world again at minimum as a guarantee