s the movie Primal Fear. This movie is about a young man who is accused of killing the Arch Bishop. The police finds him with the Arch Bishops blood all over him. A Hotshot lawyer named Martin Vail takes on the job of representing the accused, Aaron Stampler. Through the movie you learn that Aaron suffers from multiple personality disorder. He claims to have blackouts. He also claims to have had one of these blackouts while discovering Arch Bishops body. Aaron sees a psychiatrist and the psychiatrist testifies that indeed Aaron is legally insane. She also says that he has no recognition of the murder he committed. Aaron is found not guilty by reasons of insanity and is sentenced to a mental hospital. Only later to find out that Aaron doesn’t suffer from any disorders. He faked everyone out, lawyers, psychiatrist, jury members, and the judge. So who’s to say that others haven’t cheated the system just like Aaron did? Only a jury can decide if a defendant is in fact insane. Which in it self is the worst part about the insanity defense. People who have no training in the field of psychology and have a minimal understanding of the issues involved, make legal, long lasting judgments that are frequently based on opinions of others. So what happens to a criminal after being sentenced to a mental hospital? The law states that such a defendant should not be held criminally responsible for his or her behavior. They are then put in a mental hospital for treatment. The court evaluates the defendant after two years. If they feel that the defendant is no longer a threat to society then they may be released. So a man or women can kill and claim they were insane and then claim there are healed and get out into society, without even spending a day in jail. In a criminal cases, especially murder trials, an insanity plea is merely a defense aimed at delivering guilty defendants from the death penalty or serving time in prison. Defendan...
