I'll second that, Edward.
For those who think mental illness or insanity or Twinkies ought to be a defense against a murder charge, I have some questions:
Are you willing to guarantee this person's future behaviour with YOUR life? If he kills again, for whatever reason, are you willing to hang for it? How about putting your wife up as the guarantee? Your daughter? Your son? Father? Mother?
If you cannnot answer truthfully YES, then by what right do you ask the rest of us to take that risk?
Don't try to tell me that's not the point. That is EXACTLY the point.
For those who think mental illness or insanity or Twinkies ought to be a defense against a murder charge, I have some questions:
Are you willing to guarantee this person's future behaviour with YOUR life? If he kills again, for whatever reason, are you willing to hang for it? How about putting your wife up as the guarantee? Your daughter? Your son? Father? Mother?
If you cannnot answer truthfully YES, then by what right do you ask the rest of us to take that risk?
Don't try to tell me that's not the point. That is EXACTLY the point.