Hypothetical Question
- Thread starter Kylie
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I am versed with a mental case like such to be able to make a sound judgement on this but I can say if said person had this before committing the crime and could not sense wrong doings from right then I would argue they should be indeed have the option to be "submit to insanity" as a result. Instead of being required to carries through their sentencing/death penalty.
I would make sure they pay for their crimes by working for society.
I think they would be better off in a mental health institute of some kind. If the person has some sort of amnesia, they should be in a mental health facility because you don't know what other mental problems they might be having. At least not initially. So they'd be better suited for being in a place like that where they could get the help that they needed. Or they are at least better suited to deal with people who have some sort of mental health issue.
Prisons are meant to deal with criminals, yes, but this particular person is having some kind of mental health problem. So they need to be somewhere where that problem can be addressed.
Prisons are meant to deal with criminals, yes, but this particular person is having some kind of mental health problem. So they need to be somewhere where that problem can be addressed.
Exactly well said, it's best to make this available to them before resorting to imprisonment.
Like kangaroo court where the prisoners take turns beating the crap out of another prisoner? That's happened a lot on AMC's 60 Days In. They mainly just put the beat up prisoner in Isolation.
I agree. The amnesia could be the result of something worse and should have a thorough examination by a licensed medical doctor. They could have a brain tumor or something seriously wrong.
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Yes, they should still be held responsible for past actions.
However, it would be easier to consider that they might have changed. The brain can be a very interesting and complex thing.
However, it would be easier to consider that they might have changed. The brain can be a very interesting and complex thing.
This is easily understandable if they knew what was going on. You really don't know what's up until you actually had experiences with this sort of things.
Here an actual example, one of our family member have a mental condition at the time and they were completely out of it to the point they couldn't reference or remenbered that they took a car out. Nevermind to stole it in the first place.
Of course the cops called ETM and they took them in inpatient until they would take their medication since this wasn't the first time that they had mental situation that was going on. It was however the first time that the police had to be called though.
But until said person is properly attempted to be treated I still disagree them being pressed charges.
If they were discharged and caught again for the same EXACT thing and external situation (e.g. not taking medication without any underlying causes like side effects and such). Then that would be a different story.
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Oh, of course.
Mental illness is very real, and if someone was not fully aware of their actions and where they were, it becomes more understandable.
It is the people that know full well what they are doing that I'm mostly referring to. Some murderers try to plead insanity even though they knew what they were doing. That does bother me.
I think the judge will be lenient for him if it was proven his health condition. If not, then he still needs to be punished.