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The idea that mentally ill people ‘get off’ in the criminal justice system is based, of course, on a retributive model of justice, an eye for an eye approach where crime should be met with imprisonment and torment. People claim that it’s ‘unfair’ to see prisoners being provided with things like health care, and this is for some reason particularly galling when it’s mentally ill prisoners. They’d rather see people who are incompetent to stand trial, who may not understand the proceedings, the severity of the crime, or the situation, forced to sit in a dock and be ‘accountable,’ because retribution, getting even, is so important to them.
- Mentally Ill People Accused of Crimes Don’t ‘Get Off’ or ‘Walk Free’ – this ain’t livin’
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sexartandpolitics said:
Oh hey another argument for providing everybody with cradle to grave Medicare benefits.
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