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Originally Posted by All Is Revealed
You're so right. Murder is murder. What is unfair is that every murder is handled differently by our justice system. Some murderers only get 5 years in jail, and others get 50 years. My co-worker's uncle Jimmy murdered his wife and only got 5 years in prison because he paid an excellent team of hot-shot lawyers to defend him. His lawyers made it seem that his poor mental state caused him to be the victim.
Whereas some people suddenly claim they are "mentally ill" after they just committed a horrific murder. They get a free pass and sent to a hospital for the criminally insane instead of going to a prison with the rest of the population. (This happens more often than we think.)
It would be nice if everyone could be treated equally. But that's just a fairy tale.
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In my opinion, even if you are mentally ill, it should not give you a free pass - but that's just my opinion (and not a popular one) - by the way before I am asked, yes, that includes if it were me or someone I love.