How should society judge a defendant with a brain tumor? (2017)

Re:How should society judge a defendant with a brain tumor? ... by Enginerrrd on Thursday August 06, 2020 @05:43PM (#24075797)

I wouldn't say it's been resolved though. We've only scratched the surface here and it's barely backed by science. A lot of the case law is built on some very outdated philosophies of mind.

There's something quite perplexing to me about the way people interpret these things. When someone murders their mother and goes on a big murder spree and then people try to differentiate "But were they insane?" ....Only, of course they are! Normal people don't go on murder sprees.

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Re:How should society judge a defendant with a brain tumor? ... by s5300 on Thursday August 06, 2020 @05:48PM (#24075827)

Curable insanity is the question though.

Some people go insane from brain tumors and CSF leaks. These can be cured, and can literally return a person to a "normal" state of mind overnight.

Then there are things we just can't cure yet because there's a seemingly unfathomable amount of stuff going on in the brain with regards to chemicals.

If their cause can be medically cured with past results backing a return to normalcy... I think that should be a large part of the legal discussion and attempted if the defendant requests. Whether or not they lie about being normal again after the procedures? Well, that's a question as hard as why are some people just dicks.

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