hs_student_08
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I have to write a paper about whether mentally ill criminals get lighter sentences. Should they get off easier than people who did the same thing sane?
HELP!!!!!!!!Should mentally ill criminals get lighter sentences?!
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If the purpose of imprisonment is to "teach them a lesson", obviously the lesson will be lost on the man who attacked somone because he genuinely believed they were an alien in human form. Seriously, are we setting an example to teach people not to allow them selves to become schizophrenic?
The hopelessly, dangerously insane have to be put away to prevent them from harming others. But there is no evidence that punishing the mentally ill makes them sane. But revenge is always politically popular, even if counterproductive.
The hopelessly, dangerously insane have to be put away to prevent them from harming others. But there is no evidence that punishing the mentally ill makes them sane. But revenge is always politically popular, even if counterproductive.
By the criminal law of Latvia persons which are insane, i.e., they can not control themselves or aren't consciously aware of what they were doing aren't prosecuded by the law. Instead they are put into treatment facilities till they are cured or so that they can not cause harm to other people.
It is about guilt and the ancient roman judicary principle that you can not prosecute a non-person. In this case, the insane person is not recognized as a person when it concerns about answering before the criminal law.
Just as it is with kids that haven't reached 14 years of age.
It is about guilt and the ancient roman judicary principle that you can not prosecute a non-person. In this case, the insane person is not recognized as a person when it concerns about answering before the criminal law.
Just as it is with kids that haven't reached 14 years of age.
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Either you think that people should be punished for the crime, in which case the mental state of the criminal is irrelevant, or you think that someone who did something as a result of mental illness is not responsible for their actions in which case they shouldn't be punished at all.
It's worth remembering, for the atavistic and blood-thirsty members of this forum, that treatment for mental illness is probably far more unpleasant and lasts much longer than the punishment imposed for most crimes.
It's worth remembering, for the atavistic and blood-thirsty members of this forum, that treatment for mental illness is probably far more unpleasant and lasts much longer than the punishment imposed for most crimes.