Essay On Why The Mentally Ill Should Be Criminally Charged

There are many debates on whether a mentally ill person who commits a crime should be criminally charged. Some people believe people with mental illnesses should be hospitalized and receive treatment, then be discharged once they are stable. Others believe having mentally ill people who have committed crimes being discharged after receiving treatment is a danger to their safety. I believe that decision depends on the person’s mental illness and their crime. But most of the time the mentally ill know right from wrong and need to be criminally charged like everyone else. Therefore, I think that yes, people with mental illnesses should be criminally charged.
Although it is legally possible for a mentally ill person to be discharged after receiving treatment, many people believe it is still a danger to the public. The Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and
There are many reasonable explanations for both opinions. But in my eyes, there are many more reasons on why the mentally ill should be criminally charged. The mentally ill who commit crimes are a danger to society, just like any other criminal. Even if they do receive treatment which I think they should, I and many others believe that they will never truly be mentally stable and cannot be discharged, especially after a serious crime. Most situations where a person who suffers from a mental illness commits a crime they know what they were doing was wrong. Therefore they committed a crime and cannot blame their mental illness, the mental illness may have contributed to what they’ve done but as a whole it was not the only thing at fault for the crime. They need to be criminally charged. If this world allowed every mentally ill person who commits crimes without consequences and only treatment, this world would not be safe. The mentally ill who commit crimes are criminally insane and need to criminally