From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxa!mhuxh!mhuxm!pyuxjj!pyuxcc!djj Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: temporary insanity and money Article-I.D.: pyuxcc.280 Posted: Fri Jun 25 09:33:12 1982 Received: Mon Jun 28 06:14:12 1982 I wonder if the jury would have been so forgiving if that man had invested the money in tax-free municipal bonds or the like. It would be interesting to know just what the criteria were to determine his insanity: the rate of expenditure (if he spent the money at a slower rate, would he have been less insane); the type of purchases (does buying a Porsche make him less insane than going to Vegas and gambling); how soon after finding the money he started his spree; etc, etc, etc. Another influencing factor would be the affluence of the man who found the money. Certainly, a man with a gross income of $100,000/year should be less insane than a man who receives only welfare checks if both were to find the bag of money (????)! Then again, . . . . I think you can see where this line of reasoning is headed. Assuming some accurate decision can be made concerning inanity (I meant to type 'insanity', but somehow 'inanity' fits!), it must certainly be tempered with a consideration for the circumstances of the person determined insane. Isn't this a violation of the equal protection clause in the Constitution??? Dave Johnson BTL - Piscataway P.S. Hinckley is guilty and should be locked away and forced to watch home movies of Jodie Foster forever!