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Originally posted by Averett
And 2 years in a state hospital? 2 fucking years after he beat his sister to death with a dumbell? What The Fuck?
Insane or not, this person does not deserve to see the light of day after killing 2 people.
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Yeah, how about Guilty AND Insane?
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Well, guilt requires that you know what you are doing. If I accidentally kill someone, such as in a traffic accident, am I guilty of murder? Am I as bad as someone who makes a conscious decision to murder someone because it benefits him in some way? Suppose I was minding my own business and someone slips acid into my drink and I end up killing someone thinking they were a demon trying to get me. Am I still guilty?
If you are insane then, by definition, you don't know what you are doing so you can't be guilty of anything. Again, guilt requires that you make a choice and, in turn, making a choice requires a presence of mind. If you're "out of your mind," then how are you making a choice?
There's another case where a man killed his wife's parents while sleepwalking. He was found not-guilty by reason of (temporary?) mental defect. Is this unjust?
The tragedy here is that he was let out of the hospital too soon, or so it would seem. He's obviously not ready to enter free society but the doctors who let him out obviously disagreed. I would agree that they were wrong but I don't blame the insane (if they are, indeed, insane)...
Edited for kinder wording...