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Murderer Is A Sane Analysis

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The murderer is and was sane, and should serve jail-time. The murderer is sane because rather than the murderer thinking that the crime he committed was acceptable (as an insane person would), he instead knew that it was wrong, he also showed that he was in control of his actions when committed the murder. This contradicts the definition of insanity, as the definition reads, “Insanity is a mental illness of such a severe nature that a person cannot distinguish fantasy from reality, cannot manage his/her own affairs, or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior.”. However the murderer shows time and time again that he was in control, that he knew exactly what he was doing, and that he knew what he was doing was wrong.

One great example of the murderer being sane is the fact that he hid the body, rather than leaving it on the bed and not trying to hide it. If the murderer were to be insane he would have simply left the body on the bed and would not have tried to hide it, as the murder would not have been wrong in his mind. The murderer also kept a tub under the old man during the murder to …show more content…

When the police arrived at the murderer’s house he proceeded to lie to them saying that the scream they received a complaint about was simply a bad dream he had, and that he was the one who screamed, rather than the victim, as he was being murdered. He then proceeded to invite them to have tea, as a way to distract them, and to also make them further believe he was innocent. Again, if the murderer were to be insane he would not have tried to hide the murder from the police as he did, if the murderer were to actually be insane he would have simply told the police what he had done, again, as in his mind the murder would not have been

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