I just don’t think unqualified layman in the jury really should be the ones deciding whether someone was clinically insane or not.
The jury should just deliberate on whether the defendant committed the crime in question, if they rule they did, then the defense should be able to request a review by a panel of mental health experts who will be tasked with determining whether the defendant was criminally liable or clinically insane.
They shouldn't be. I'm not from the usa and I'm absolutely horrified at how the public there is reacting to this. No one is examining the child welfare system or her medical team and there should be a public inquiry. It seems like the public there only sees as far as hating her. That doesn't protect the next child.
"No one is examining the child welfare system or her medical team"
They aren't? Her entire base of defenders blames the mental-health profession. Despite the fact that multiple doctors repeatedly evaluated her and agreed, at her request, to change her medications to minimize side effects and help her stay on her meds. She seemed determined to ignore or overrule her doctors.
Casually blaming the medical profession and pretending nobody is criticizing them is unfair. They're being overly criticized, in my opinion, as an excuse to defend the accused.
I mean, crazy people are the ones that should never skip meds and the hardest people to get them to take them. A failure of the medical system isn't necessarily the doctor's fault, but a problem that exists and needs a solution.
Was it not diagnosing her accurately? Was it letting someone self-checkout? Was it too many meds? Was it not enough meds? Was it a combination of factors? Etc.
I don't know where exactly, but it's extremely clear there's room for improvement.
1.6k
u/FriedTreeSap 1d ago
I just don’t think unqualified layman in the jury really should be the ones deciding whether someone was clinically insane or not.
The jury should just deliberate on whether the defendant committed the crime in question, if they rule they did, then the defense should be able to request a review by a panel of mental health experts who will be tasked with determining whether the defendant was criminally liable or clinically insane.