A TV reporter is interviewing students about the insanity plea. If these students are similar to about 90% of the population, they will agree with the following statement:
A) "The insanity defense is not used in enough cases. Too many mentally ill people are in jail instead of in hospitals."
B) "Too many people escape responsibility for their crimes by pleading insanity."
C) "If someone successfully pleads NGRI, he or she will spend more time in jail than in a mental hospital."
D) "There are more mentally ill people in prisons than in mental hospitals."
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