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Freeman claims that the cause of his insanity is to be the blame of his first year in prison where he was beaten repetitively while trying to attack someone else. Though it is not very complex to see why someone could go imprudent while being involved in such circumstances, it is also absurd to think that someone would go and commit such an awful transgression and say that this is the cause of it. With insanity being such an immense illness, it is hard for me to believe that the illness had just now revealed its affects on Freeman. It is evident that someone who would go and partake in such an event as killing someone else, better yet multiple people, has to be partly insane to begin with. There is one question we must ask ourselves, does someone who has committed such a wrongdoing deserve to live after ending the lives of innocent others? Another aspect to consider is the victim's family. After experiencing the fatality of a family member or a close friend, especially by murder, your first reaction is to want to find out who took part in the crime and give them the justice that they deserve. In most cases, the loved ones want the worst punishment obtainable, whether it is capital punishment or the pure agony of spending their life in prison. Imagine experiencing all this and finding out that the criminal has now pleaded insanity and that the court may agree with the plea. The criminal will then reside in this world without torment. Better yet, not only do they get to live, but they also will receive special care including warm meals, soft beds, and also the chance of getting to leave the facility at a given time in which the employees see a rational and consistent change in behavior. If someone kills an individual with pure intent to do so, then they as well deserve to die just the same.
The insanity plea is nothing more than a sorry excuse to avoid appropriate punishment for illegal behavior and should have no influence on the punishment.