If you want to use unmedicated schizophrenia as a defense, you need to prove that you were forcibly kept from taking your medication. Otherwise, you should be held responsible for every action committed while unmedicated.
Unmedicated schizos should be treated like drunk drivers. In both cases, the person was faced with taking a substance, knowing the consequences of taking it or not taking it, and decided to go with the more dangerous option because they didn't like the way they felt.
Although depending on your state, drunk drivers frequently get let off with a slap on the wrist even if they kill someone, so maybe I should be careful what I wish for.
If you want to use unmedicated schizophrenia as a defense, you need to prove that you were forcibly kept from taking your medication. Otherwise, you should be held responsible for every action committed while unmedicated.
Unmedicated schizos should be treated like drunk drivers. In both cases, the person was faced with taking a substance, knowing the consequences of taking it or not taking it, and decided to go with the more dangerous option because they didn't like the way they felt.
Although depending on your state, drunk drivers frequently get let off with a slap on the wrist even if they kill someone, so maybe I should be careful what I wish for.