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<blockquote data-quote="Frank Underwood" data-source="post: 444080" data-attributes="member: 35">Technically, yes.&nbsp; But then the jurors have to be convinced that the defendant was actually psychotic at the time of the killings.Also, the &quot;not guilty by reason of insanity&quot; defense is commonly used as a get out of jail free card.&nbsp; It reminds me of Morrisey on Dallas taking &quot;crazy lessons&quot; to avoid prison and possibly the death penalty.&nbsp; Murder may be a legal term, but even if I believed that Clancy was psychotic when she killed her children, I could never look past the savage nature of the crime.&nbsp; Being institutionalized rather than imprisoned comes with the possibility that the offender could be deemed &quot;rehabilitated,&quot; and thus released after a period of time.&nbsp; Personally, I don&#039;t think Clancy should ever see the light of day again, regardless of what her mental state was.&nbsp; I just think some crimes are too egregious to ever get past.Of course, the psychologist who evaluated Clancy wasn&#039;t convinced she was psychotic, yet all 11 female jurors were.&nbsp; Good thing the jury wasn&#039;t unbalanced or anything...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Frank Underwood, post: 444080, member: 35"] [I]Technically[/I], yes. But then the jurors have to be convinced that the defendant was actually psychotic at the time of the killings. Also, the "not guilty by reason of insanity" defense is commonly used as a get out of jail free card. It reminds me of Morrisey on Dallas taking "crazy lessons" to avoid prison and possibly the death penalty. Murder may be a legal term, but even if I believed that Clancy was psychotic when she killed her children, I could never look past the savage nature of the crime. Being institutionalized rather than imprisoned comes with the possibility that the offender could be deemed "rehabilitated," and thus released after a period of time. Personally, I don't think Clancy should ever see the light of day again, regardless of what her mental state was. I just think some crimes are too egregious to ever get past. Of course, the psychologist who evaluated Clancy wasn't convinced she was psychotic, yet all 11 female jurors were. Good thing the jury wasn't unbalanced or anything... [/QUOTE]

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