The legal system continues to use psychiatry as a mitigation of criminal liability. That suggests that mental illness is a cause of crime. If that is the case why not lock up all persons accused of mental illness, which is created by consensus? The same lawyers say that his medications were changed shortly before the crime. He also suggests that medication is the cause of crime. The drug industry fears this because it raises questions of the dangerousness of psychiatric drugs. Nonetheless the criminal justice system continues to be exploited by lawyers who demonize persons accused of mental illness and denies to them access to the courts contrary to law.
[From article]
"A Long Island movie-theater usher accused of repeatedly stabbing an 8-year-old boy playing video games at a Westbury restaurant arcade had been treated for a psychiatric disorder before the attack, his attorney said yesterday in a preview of his defense.
[. . .]
The defense attorney said his client's medication for an undisclosed mental ailment had been changed shortly before the Oct. 8 stabbing."
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/nut_defense_in_boy_stab_1qak5Il1vQOIzpYJVeN20M
Nut defense in boy stab
By FRANK ELTMAN
AP
New York Post
Last Updated: 2:27 AM, November 20, 2010
Posted: 1:58 AM, November 20, 2010
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