11-23-2002, 11:19 PM | #1 |
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Mentally Ill
Oftentimes convicted murders are exempt from standard sentences, due to mental illness. Do you think they should be held responsible for their actions?
Horrific acts of violence are sometimes comitted by someone 'not in their right mind.' How do you define 'right mind?'
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11-23-2002, 11:38 PM | #2 |
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Good question.
You see, that's where the lawyers come in. The thing is, when looking at pleas like mental illness or insanity, and determining guilt or sentencing as such, the courts aren't really consistent about whether the intent (should guilt be found) is to punish or rehabilitate... and whether or not the defendant is "deserving" of either.
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11-23-2002, 11:59 PM | #3 |
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The definition behind the term "legally insane" is insane.
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11-26-2002, 08:01 AM | #4 |
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11-26-2002, 01:57 PM | #5 |
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I'm not crazy, I'm on medication *nodnodnodnodnodnodnodnodnod* Anyone has any mushrooms? YOU'RE EEEVVVIIILLLLL!!!!
Seriously though, it's up to the Judge and jury to decide if the convict is insane or not. Or just confused... or summat.
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11-26-2002, 10:35 PM | #6 |
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What if the defendant was a mass-murderer. He pleas guilty, but is clearly mentally insane. Would you send him to a mental correction facility? Prison? Death penalty?
Or perhaps it would be best to let the victims' families select the method of punishment.
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11-27-2002, 09:12 AM | #7 |
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I think that anyone capable of actual murder is insane/suffering from extremes of emotion, and so they should not be able to get away with not going to jail on the basis that they are the same as any other killer.
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