I think the only thing "mental issues" should get accounted for at the trial is what pit you get tossed in. Mental institutions or general prison, maybe even the special separate prison districts.
"Sociopathy" isn't even a real thing, its a fancy word for calling someone evil without sounding like a cartoon that reached memetic levels. It was made up because "pscyhopathy" was considered "invoking psychosis too much" when people wanted to call someone a bad person. Antisocial Personality Disorder is a real medical condition that sociopathy mostly relates to, and is considered nearly impossible to treat. Meaning if they are at the "destructive and dangerous" phase of it, they are never going to be safe to release into freedom.
Over 3% of the population meets the criteria for A.P.D., but most of them aren't trying to destroy people as far as we know. So that grants no excuse.
... that's why I said it's the sort of thing that should be accounted for at the trial, do you not think?
If her mental issue was "She was a sociopath" that's quite a different thing to a more benign option, agreed?
I think the only thing "mental issues" should get accounted for at the trial is what pit you get tossed in. Mental institutions or general prison, maybe even the special separate prison districts.
"Sociopathy" isn't even a real thing, its a fancy word for calling someone evil without sounding like a cartoon that reached memetic levels. It was made up because "pscyhopathy" was considered "invoking psychosis too much" when people wanted to call someone a bad person. Antisocial Personality Disorder is a real medical condition that sociopathy mostly relates to, and is considered nearly impossible to treat. Meaning if they are at the "destructive and dangerous" phase of it, they are never going to be safe to release into freedom.
Over 3% of the population meets the criteria for A.P.D., but most of them aren't trying to destroy people as far as we know. So that grants no excuse.
I think we're arguing over something we actually agree on...
On most parts we probably do. What we are differing on is you are offering basic, token pity/sympathy to the dead and I am against the very notion.
It is sad she died. It's sad when anyone dies.
Do I think the process needs to change as a result? No.