â??The young naked man approached her with this poodle, and she immediately realized something peculiar,â?? Mast said.
You think?
Seriously, I am hoping that the judge in this case chucks it out, the prosecuter's first clue (aside from the nudity) should have been that the kid had escaped custody of a behavioural facility. Police and prosecution lawyers are pretty slow to realize that mental illness and sometimes addiction (which brings on mental illness) should be the deciding factors in apprehension, charging, punishment/treatment
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Mentally ill treated as criminals
Posted on 03/20/09, 10:38 pm
http://www.ludingtondailynews.com/...
"The boy is being charged with strong-arm robbery and assault and battery as a juvenile through the 10th Circuit Court in Saginaw."
What are we doing in America? Why are we charging an obviously mentally unstable young person with strong arm robbery? It isn't as if he took the woman's purse and intended to use the cards and cash, and was in his right mind while doing it.
We are punishing the ill too often in this country. Having schizophrenia, and being unmedicated can cause people to do a lot of things. I don't know what this boy's problem is, but it is apparent that he has some mental difficulties. We punish disease like a crime. Would you put a woman in jail who had a diabetic blackout behind the wheel and killed someone? No. So why would we charge a young kid with a crime, because he has a disease?
We have got to start writing to judges too, not just our reps in congress. These judges elected and appointed hold as much power as congress. It is time we start telling them what we expect as Americans. We expect them to act as human beings with a mind, and to know when to throw charges out, and scold a prosecutor for wasting the courts time. Prosecutors who bring charges like this should be sanctioned.
"The boy is being charged with strong-arm robbery and assault and battery as a juvenile through the 10th Circuit Court in Saginaw."
What are we doing in America? Why are we charging an obviously mentally unstable young person with strong arm robbery? It isn't as if he took the woman's purse and intended to use the cards and cash, and was in his right mind while doing it.
We are punishing the ill too often in this country. Having schizophrenia, and being unmedicated can cause people to do a lot of things. I don't know what this boy's problem is, but it is apparent that he has some mental difficulties. We punish disease like a crime. Would you put a woman in jail who had a diabetic blackout behind the wheel and killed someone? No. So why would we charge a young kid with a crime, because he has a disease?
We have got to start writing to judges too, not just our reps in congress. These judges elected and appointed hold as much power as congress. It is time we start telling them what we expect as Americans. We expect them to act as human beings with a mind, and to know when to throw charges out, and scold a prosecutor for wasting the courts time. Prosecutors who bring charges like this should be sanctioned.
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Reply #1 03/21/09 12:20pm
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Reply #2 09/03/09 10:17pm
The biggest thing is that you can not force ( and this is the voice of experience speaking ) someone to take medication, even if that medication will allow them to lead a normal, productive life. The fact that the offender is 14 makes no difference. And even "locked facilities" have outdoor areas, where the patients can go, unsupervised. -
Reply #3 09/10/09 10:44am
That's the conundrum....there are unmedicated ill people who will do erratic things, sometimes criminal that require them to be separated from society, BUT should the response/punishment be the same? I don't believe so.
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