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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CeeCee72" data-source="post: 444088" data-attributes="member: 5055">As to whether mental illness should be an excuse to commit murder or other heinous crime -Think about serial killers or serial pedophiles. They are almost always severely mentally ill. Should their illness prevent them from being tried, convicted, and sent to prison? The problem with holding these people for  "treatment" is that they can be declared "cured" and turned back into society at any time.  It just seems crazy to me that anyone could advocate for this woman to be found not guilty by reason of insanity and shipped off for "treatment" but somehow still advocate for prison or the death penalty for serial killers. Is it the KIND of mental illness that's the issue?</blockquote>