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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
I am not arguing the fact that legislation, case law and common law are in place that prevents a person from being held criminally responsible for certain actions. They do need to be removed from society and the fact that they did it once and did not understand what they were doing, makes them even more of a risk then someone who knew what they were doing. IMO
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What happens if a few years of counselling and a strict regiment of anti-depressant drugs could take care of this guy's PTSD? A few years from now, he could be a properly functioning member of society; would you still recommend his being institutionalized then?
I understand a lot of posters' frustrations here. An obviously dastardly act seems to go unpunished because the accuser had some mystical mental disorder/silver bullet and gets off with nothing more than a slap on the wrist. The justice system really needs to guard against claims like that designed as a last-ditch defence effort. However, the our law still needs to have the flexibility to deal with cases of true mental disorders that truly do render a person's ability to appreciate the nature and consequence of their actions null. IMHO of course.