Mental Illness and Capital Punishment

Are all delinquents created equal? Should the state punish, and even in some rare cases sentence an individual to death? Indeed there are many levels of criminal activity that land offenders in jail, with a percentage of those criminals committing their crimes under the force of mental illness. These prisoners, while deserving of severe punishment, often do not have full control of their ability. These orphans of society are often compelled by an emotional or …

…disabled are not able to think clearly and function as a whole. They are often mislead, believing that they are “complete” by the many doctors reports they read and by the test results they receive. This can lead many into believing that these criminals are in fact sane when in fact they are suffering from serious mental conditions. Sometimes prosecutors knowingly try to convict criminals of crimes that they know are due to mental illnesses.