Many, many. The legal definition of insanity is much stricter than the medical definition. There may be as many as 50% of the jail population receiving psychiatric medications at any given time.
Over sixteen thousand people go to jail for drinking
30 people go to jail because of drugs
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Nicole Richie went to jail because she went INSANE! Not that she was that sane before... but who wants some cheap, insane blonde walking around behind you!!! Not her friends, family, or anybody else, So they put her in an asylum!
In the US, on average, about 3000 people go to jail everyday.
more than 2 people
people do that cuz they have no heart and more than 3 thousand people get in jail for that
Far more criminals than insane people.
The vast majority of scientists are not insane. On the other hand, it is highly likely that a significant number of pseudoscientists are insane.
about 2,000 people go to jail each year and they go to jail for 5 years according to what the police say.
Depends what you mean by "get away with" They might be found to not be mentally responsible for the murder but still criminally insane. While criminals convicted of crimes are sentenced to jail time with a defined end the criminally insane an be put into an asylum forever. There are are no parole programs from those institutions.
Yes. You can manipulate anything. For example many criminals are deemed insane in order to avoid proper jail time or death penalties after committing a crime.