For those against the Death Penalty

[Benton]

(07-03-2018, 02:32 PM)bfine32 Wrote: But what if we don't find out about the mistake? You still didn't answer if we should lock people up for being mentally ill. Do you want to answer that or do you want to concede how ignorant your reply about killing folks because of it was?

Folks go to trail by a jury of their peers and are found to be guilty or not. For someone that works in the court system you sure don't have much faith in it.  

Locking some people up is the only way for them to get mental health care. Not that I'm advocating incarcerating people for their own "benefit" but that's our 'deal with the results, not the problem' approach. Like a guy I know in Tennessee, the only time he can afford his bipolar meds is when he's a guest of the state... which happens about once every two years as he ends up not having them and doing something stupid.