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The notion that the mentally ill cannot be held responsible for crime because they’re not able to control their actions is just another example of suicidal empathy.
If your argument against punishing a schizophrenic for a violent crime is that the schizophrenic isn’t in control of their actions then how can you have any confidence they won’t be violent again?
The reality is mental illness should be even more of a reason to separate that person from the rest of society
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