[ExI] insanity plea

[Mirco Romanato]

Il 01/03/2013 02:42, Stathis Papaioannou ha scritto:
> On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 8:21 AM, John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

>> My mental malfunction has been repaired and I am quite literally not the
>> same man I was, so if the doctors can say beyond a reasonable doubt that I
>> am no more likely to murder again than the general population then I should
>> be released. However in the real world the thought experiment you describe
>> almost never happens,  and I'm not sure if I should have said "almost".

> The case I have described is of a treatable organic psychosis.

It is a treatable organic psychosis but the subject almost never happen
to experience these hallucinations out of the blue. His conditions
deteriorate in a long time.
If he had the time/means to seek help for his condition he should have
done it. If he didn't do it, he is probable to not seeking help in the
same situation, so he is more dangerous for others than an individual
looking for help in the same situation.

> Much
> more commonly involved in forensic cases are the so-called functional
> psychoses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. These can also
> be treated very effectively with medication in at least 70% of cases,
> but the problem is that the symptoms recur if the medication stops.
> There are ways to guarantee the patient is medicated, for example with
> monthly injections.

The problem is many of these patients have a long history of
discontinuing their medications. What to do with an individual declared
"not guilty" but dangerous when he discontinue his medications?
Do you arrest him and jail him as soon as he try to avoid to be
medicated or refuse to take his pills? And how much do you keep him in
jail for skipping his drugs?

Mirco