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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Isn't alcoholism or drug addiction a disease? stab 5 people to death while drunk or high and you may never see freedom again.
Even repeat offenders of drunk driving have gotten 20 years if they kill someone, but somehow someone who claims insanity gets a pass in a cushy hospital and then freedom.
The victims family's must be outraged and totally confused...rightfully so.
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The difference being that paranoid schizophrenia is something you just develop and you will literally have no idea what happened until you are properly diagnosed and informed of what occurred.
Point being, this could just have easily been you or a family member. As much as people hate it and dismiss it when I ask: Just think if this was you or a close family member/friend. Does your position stay consistent on wanting justice and sentencing to satisfy those affected?
Spoiler alert: Everyone says yes the would remain consistent, human nature suggests the exact opposite. It's generally the lack of personal connection that allows us to hope for punishment, revenge and imprisonment for actions literally beyond ones control.
Thankfully in a progressive country such as this one, the law protects people from society's desires and does what's right for a mentally ill human being.