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Originally Posted by dissentowner
What justice? Explain how a man kills and decapitates an innocent person on a bus and is allowed to walk away scott free justice? Oh, that is right, he was not mentally responsible. There is the elephant in the room because anybody who randomly kills someone is obviously mentally unstable and has serious mental issues, so should not every serial killer be mentally unstable? Where do you draw the line?
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Justice? To me, it's finding (and implementing) the course of action which minimizes harm and maximizes benefit to individuals and society.
Thankfully I don't have to 'draw the line' but I understand that there are people who have taken the time and developed the expertise to figure out what the lines are and where they should be drawn.
The fact that you confuse an act that's irrational to you as a 'mentally unstable/serious mental issue' is concerning however. There are many acts of violence (included murder) that are committed by those who are deemed 'sane'.
Of all the people charged with murder in the last 5-years, how many have been found not-guilty by reason of insanity?
It does not seem like it is that many.