Legal Factors

Observations

Few terrorists have succeeded in legally relevant claims of mental health issues. Most have been found to show no contrition, and few have shown good prospects for rehabilitation.

Coverage59 known
The data comes from 52 court cases where the judge has made an assessment.

Mental Health

72.9%

43

No claim

18.6%

11

Claim not accepted or not relevant to offence committed

8.5%

5

Claim relevant to offence committed

Contrition

11.5%

7

Genuine contrition displayed

26.2%

16

Partially contrite

62.3%

38

Not contrite

Rehabilitation Prospects

23.4%

15

Prospects are good or better

40.6%

26

Some prospects of rehabilitation

35.9%

23

Prospects are not good or non‑existent