IsabellaLinton wrote:
Maybe rethink it next time you or a loved one are tortured and/or murdered by someone with NPD or ASPD.
We all need to play by the same rules.
Ultimately it is making everyone play by the same rules. It's long been recognized that people can have impaired criminal liability and that when they do we put them away in treatment instead of just seeking to punish them, but we still put them away.
It's not unreasonable to debate over where the line is drawn when it comes to criminal responsibility but also, a justice system that's largely fixated on vengeance seems like it's missing the point of having a justice system. The whole point is that we're not blindly driven by emotions and the desire for revenge.
If someone needs put away because they behave violently they still need put away, and if they can't ever be released does it change things if it's indefinitely in a facility for people who are patients rather than criminals? It's not like they're avoiding consequences for their actions, they're just facing the appropriate consequences for someone who can't fairly be held criminally responsible.
It seems like expecting the state to treat people unfairly because life is unfair, as though that excuses the state's obligation.
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