Jarod Loughner was declared schizophrenic and unfit to stand trial for the attempted murder of Representative Gabrielle Giffords. Liberal Democrats might be seething over this, but we should expect consistency from them on liberal judicial processes. For my part, I'll be consistent; insanity is an overused defense, and the exceptions should be few and far between for the truly unfit to stand trial. Lacking a preponderance of evidence beside the opinions of three psychiatrists, I would say that the trial should go forward at this point. The insanity defense seems just a little too convenient.
Today it seems to be a fad of committing murder then the lawyers claiming insanity for their clients and most of the times it works.
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