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<blockquote data-quote="bran155" data-source="post: 199472"><p>That is a great point. I often think about this. Punishing people with mental illness seems counterproductive. If they can't help their actions, how is that their fault. At the same time, if someone who is Bipolar commits a crime, what do we do with them? I can only imagine the percentage of people who are in the prison system who are mentally ill. </p><p></p><p>I watched one of those crime shows on A&E, about a man who was skitzophrenic (spelling?), he was hearing voices telling him to commit murder. He went from hospital to hospital seeking help as he did not want to hurt anyone. He was evaluated and sent on his way from several different facilities. He was journaling all the while about how the voices were getting louder and demanding him to kill and how he didn't want to. This went on for weeks, until finally he snapped and went on a killing spree, killing several people. Of course he went to prison for life. During the trial, the fact that he did seek help came out in evidence. Who's fault was that? He tried to stop himself, he went for help and now he has to spend the rest of his life in prison and several people are dead. I think the "prefessionals" that released him from these hospitals should also be held accountable!!!!</p><p></p><p>The mental health system, along with most of the "systems" in this country stink!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bran155, post: 199472"] That is a great point. I often think about this. Punishing people with mental illness seems counterproductive. If they can't help their actions, how is that their fault. At the same time, if someone who is Bipolar commits a crime, what do we do with them? I can only imagine the percentage of people who are in the prison system who are mentally ill. I watched one of those crime shows on A&E, about a man who was skitzophrenic (spelling?), he was hearing voices telling him to commit murder. He went from hospital to hospital seeking help as he did not want to hurt anyone. He was evaluated and sent on his way from several different facilities. He was journaling all the while about how the voices were getting louder and demanding him to kill and how he didn't want to. This went on for weeks, until finally he snapped and went on a killing spree, killing several people. Of course he went to prison for life. During the trial, the fact that he did seek help came out in evidence. Who's fault was that? He tried to stop himself, he went for help and now he has to spend the rest of his life in prison and several people are dead. I think the "prefessionals" that released him from these hospitals should also be held accountable!!!! The mental health system, along with most of the "systems" in this country stink!!!! [/QUOTE]
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