That a murderer is insane does not make the victim any less dead. If the length of incarceration is 8 1/3 to 25 for murder, and the defendant should not be allowed to avoid incarceration because he or she was mentally insane at the time of the murder. Instead, we should incarcertate the insane person in a hospital until he or she is well, and then he or she should complete the term in prison.
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