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Originally Posted by VO #23
Do you also get up on soapboxes about taking away the liberty of soldiers for shooting enemy combatants, because they had performed a murderous act (action + intent to kill)? Or similarly for police officers in the line of duty? Really, you could argue that they are more deserving of punishment from a purely moral perspective. However, the law has been designed to carve out exemptions for them. Just like it has been designed to allow for exceptions when the clinically insane (legal term) take a life. Do you know how hard it is to successfully deploy a NCRMD defence? It is very narrow.
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Comparing soldiers and police officers to murderers is a little silly. Yes we know there are laws differentiating the two. We just don't all agree on letting murderers out of jail because their mental illness is treated. I would be all for changing the rules (of which I know little about) to not allow someone like Li out of jail.