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Old Jun 23, 2008, 07:22 PM
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Well....my understanding is that if a person is found not guilty by reason of insanity they are typically remanded to a forensic psychiatric hospital and required to stay until the docs decide they are no longer a danger to self or others. That could be a short while (not standard), years, or the rest of their life. So they can be held there longer than they would have been if they were found guilty and sent to prison.

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