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