What happens after a defendant is found not guilty by reason of insanity?

Re:What happens after a defendant is found not guilty by rea... by Sangermaine on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @05:43PM (#15352594)

If you're responding to the parent's situation where someone causes violence due to mental issues leading to a loss of control, the latter may be treatable and curable, after which the threat is gone if the person, absent the mental issues that caused the loss of control, doesn't want to harm people. The former was a choice that may be made again, so is therefore always a threat even if they truly repent and are sorry for their choice.

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Re:What happens after a defendant is found not guilty by rea... by BearGoesChirp on Thursday September 28, 2017 @09:34AM (#15356987)

So, for example, should pedophiles who abuse not be guilty of a crime and instead just be chemically castrated, because without the desire they wouldn't have wanted to harm a child? Consider many places involuntarily commit such individuals into psychiatric wards, though normally only after the prison sentence has been served.

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Re:What happens after a defendant is found not guilty by rea... by derekp7 on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @07:52PM (#15353402)

So basically the same thing if someone had a stroke violent seizure while at a restaurant, while cutting a steak, and accidentally stabbed the waiter in the heart killing him. In that case, a brain defect caused the person to kill the victim, yet in no way should he be held criminally responsible.

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