That's why insanity defenses are rarely successful. To us murderers must be crazy. Legally (thank God) you must be truly insane to be committed instead of incarcerated yo...

I think you are absolutely right Rosie. I've thought that for years. I think it is high time we stop worrying about whether a murderer deserves to be punished on the basis of insanity. I think we can concede that they are all insane. Nonetheless, we have to keep innocent people safe from them. We wouldn't dream of locking a vicious dog in a cage for the rest of its life. It would still be a danger to anyone who had to feed it and clean the cage. There would always be the risk of the dog escaping. And locking a dog in a cage for the rest of its life would be inhumane. I feel the same about murderers. For the safety of the guards, the other inmates and the general public, and for the sake of humanity toward the inmate, shouldn't we just make as absolutely certain as we can that we've caught the right person and then euthanize them, just as we would a vicious dog? Not only that, but shouldn't we throw all the necessary resources behind the Doe network so that we can get cold cases solved and shouldn't we use the DNA of criminals to help make sure we have the right person? I personally think that the DMA and fingerprints of EVERY criminal should be on CODIS to help clear up cold cases.