The Illinois man who gunned down a pastor in front of his congregation has been found mentally unfit to stand trial. This brings up an issue how the criminal law system deals with mentally ill people. To most, mentally ill people are dangerous and should therefore be thrown in jail.
The problem with this outcome is that most mentally ill people need medical and psychological care in order to function. Treatment is recommended over incarceration. However, it is easy to see the violence perpetrated by some mentally ill people and believe the only answer is to lock them up and throw away the key.
This is, of course, barbaric to treat people that way. If someone is mentally unfit to stand trial for their alleged crimes, it seems only just to try to treat them prior to punishment.
Here, at the Law Offices of David M. Wallin, we deal with all sorts of clients and their individual problems both mental and physical. We have the professional staff and experience to deal with the widest array of difficulties. Please let us help.
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