United States v. Jones

5-4

Prologue Projects

News Commentary, News, Government

4.6 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

The Court does not want you to plead not guilty by reason of insanity and to enforce that, they'll happily sign off on you being institutionalized for far longer than the prison sentence that you would have served. You'll need a mental health day after this one for sure.

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0:00.0	We'll hear arguments first this morning in the Jones against the United States.
0:08.4	Hey everyone, this is Leon from Prologue Projects. On this episode of 5 to 4, Peter, Rianen, and Michael are talking
0:16.2	about United States v. Jones. In this case, a man was arrested for petty larceny
0:21.8	and pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
0:25.1	The prosecution did not challenge his plea, and so he was automatically committed to a mental
0:30.2	institution.
0:31.2	Had petitioner pled guilty to that offense or been convicted of it after trial, he could have received
0:36.5	the maximum sentence of one year in jail.
0:38.8	He would now long since have been a free man.
0:41.3	In the end, the man spent more time in confinement than he would have spent in jail had he simply pled guilty.
0:47.0	When he appealed, the Supreme Court held that being found guilty by reason of insanity is proof enough that someone is dangerous
0:54.6	and can be committed indefinitely. This is 5 to 4, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court
1:00.8	sucks. Welcome to 5-4, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have drained our nation
1:11.6	like trying to buy a house has drained me.
1:14.4	I'm Peter. I'm here with Michael. Hey everybody.
1:17.2	And Rianen.
1:18.1	Hi. Just wait till you have to try to sell a house. That is the fucking pits, my friend.
1:24.1	I don't care about this being draining. Move on.
1:28.0	Look, I've leaned into the metaphor being just whatever is making me personally miserable every single
1:34.2	week I'm no longer doing big picture metaphors this is now just an update on
1:39.0	Peter's life it's a Peter update on what's going on with Peter.
1:43.5	I'm like five days into house hunting,
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