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I I I 've heard that people | was intrigued when you found “not guilty by reason ofinsanity” ac- wrotethatif the Earth were tually spend more time in custody, on average, than people found guilty. If this true, whyare defense attor- more than a foot and a halt above the surface—enough heys so eager to use the insanity pleaP for an alligator to slither un- —Lee Ohina, Kamuela, Hawaii Theyaren’t; it’s a plea oflast resort. This is bes der the new band.| verified it myself and then called a mathematician friend, who faxed a formula with the same result. los- hotels and more than | million professional ‘ users, Now you can use this to the commissionofthe crime, sothe case is decidedon theissue of insanity, which the defense must then prove. If a defendant simply pleads “not guilty,” he or she does not admit to the commissionof the crime, in which case the entire burden of prooffalls on the prosecution. 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No salespersonwillvisit. hospitals to admit a person (at least for the night) if that person appears in the emergency room and announcesthathe orsheintends to harm someoneor himselffherself. In otherstates, physicians simply fear being sued if they turn away such a person and an incidentofviolence does occur. So somepeople, otherwise sane, have learned thatthis is a waytoget a bed forthe night. Butthat in itselfis not the issue. The problem occurs when these people commit crimes and defend themselves with insanity pleas, citing the fact that they've been hospitalizedfor psychiatric reasons numerous times—when, in truth, those were no more than motel visits, and who's just a freeleader? er inspection,| realized the size of the circumference was irrelevant! I'm writing to chastise you (slightly) for not pointing that out in your answer, Keep up the good work, —Dana McPeek, San Diego, Cal Amazing, isn’t it? Whether the sphereis as small as a basketball oraslargeasthe Sun, lengthen- ing the band by10 feet would still Cause it torise 1.59155 feet above the surface (of the basketball or the Sun) and allow that samealligator toslither under the new band. In your Wordteasers, you publish the answer the followii week. But who needs to wai We can just use a dictionary. explain why you do this. —RupertAllen, Tucson, Ariz. Sure. We don’tpublish the answer the same week because I love the idea of causing thousands ofcu- rious people touse their dictiona- ries! (It’s my good deed for the day.) Andtherest of my readers — including those who don’t have adictionary comprehensive enough to contain the Wordteaser word —can always count on reading the definitionthe following week. Regardless, I can find no con- firmation that the insane(truly or not) spend moretime in custody than people foundguilty. if you have a question for Marilyn vos Savant, who is listed in “The Guinness Book of World Records” Hall of Fame for “Highest iQ,” send it to: Ask Marilyn, Ave., 711 Third New York,N.Y. 10017, Because of volume of mail, personalrepliesPARADE, are not possible. PAGE 18 » JANUARY 21, 1996 PARADE MAGAZINE |
