If an offender meets the requirements of the insanity test,they can be deemed Guilty but mentally ill,or Not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.(A Crime of insanity)When an offender is found GBMI the offender is sentenced the same way if they were found guilty. It is then up to the judge to determine whether and to what extend they require treatment for their illness.Whenever the offender is found to be "cured" they are still required to serve their sentence.
When a offender is found NGBD the offender is placed in a psychiatric facility.CC
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