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Originally Posted by T@T
Mental sickness or not if I was a family member of the victim I would be pissed this guy is out after 7 years and probably would be thinking about going "hunting" one night.
I think it's disgusting that the authorities are trying so hard to FIX this guy they are forgetting that there should be a punishment for a violent murder and about the feelings of the victims family.
Aren't all violent murderers sick in the head in some way? maybe we should review their cases and let them out after seven years if they show promiss that they won't do it again.  |
I'll let the first bit of silliness in this post go as it's already been quoted on below your post and instead focus on the bolded part.
As has been quoted in this thread and others already, only in roughly 1% of murder cases does the defendant use the mental illness/insanity defense, and it's successful in less than half. So no, despite the big and weird and violent cases that get all the press, it's not used a lot, and all violent murderers are not 'sick in the head'. Not at least based on our current medical knowledge or justice system.
It's very easy for a layman to use their own morals and viewpoint of the world to make blanket statements like 'anyone who commits murder is sick' whether they are arguing for or against tougher penalties (while obviously you are using it here sarcastically to argue for tougher penalties, other people have used is seriously for more leniency) but these are nothing more than ill informed and non educated statements based on ones moral code and personal viewpoints.
The actual rules used for mental illness and how it pertains to defense in the justice system are very defined and scrutinized and far less applicable than most think. And as recent proof of this, there is the recent case of Luka Magnotta who decided to use the mental illness defense SPECIFICALLY citing schizophrenia, and was found guilty.
So no, your assertion is about as false as false gets.