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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m so saddened and shocked by the ignorance and cruelty in this thread. To those of you saying lock “them” up, know that there’s every possibility one of your DCs will have a mental illness at some point. Start being empathetic now. [/quote]

Several of my family members (sister, first cousin, two second cousins) suffer from mental illness.  If any of them killed people I would feel a prison sentence is deserved. [/quote]

Yup. I have a close family member who had a psychotic break a few years ago and ended up in jail after a violent, police-involved incident. There is no question in my mind that if he weren't white, the police would have shot him. We tried everything to help him and he resisted. He is thankfully doing a lot better now, but at the time, we all recognized that jail was needed and deserved. His mental state, which was brought on by very real paranoid schizophrenia, did not absolve him of responsibility for what he did, nor would he have been found not guilty by reason of insanity. That is a high bar. I am doubtful that Lindsay Clancy meets it here but I guess time will tell.[/quote]

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