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[drmoonstone]

Should I feel bad that doing my job sometimes means that murderers and other types of law-breakers have gone free or have received a lesser sentence than they likely would have otherwise

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[beforearcadia]

Tricky

[drmoonstone]

Isn't it? I mean, they're still criminals, right?

[beforearcadia]

By the standards you're referring to-
Maybe not by the standards of their lives

[drmoonstone]

But the standards of their lives are not the same as the ones that society holds them to.

[ikkorose]

[the handwriting is tiny, straight, and clear. clearly, someone is going to great lengths to disguise their handwriting.]

mental institution = free???

[drmoonstone]

It's not always a mental institution, and some would consider it preferable to prison.

[ikkorose]

criminals wouldn't like to fight each other more ... they'd rather be locked up in some hole?

[drmoonstone]

I think you give a short time in an institution too little credit. Many would much rather padded walls to stone ones.

[flying_kickapow]

Murderes go free??? what???

[drmoonstone]

Well, not completely.

[flying_kickapow]

????????????

[drmoonstone]

Murderers aren't just released, but sometimes they can receive a lesser punishment, depending on their circumstances.

[neverstagnate]

It depends on the nature of both the crime and the criminal, does it not?

[drmoonstone]

Of course, but I only explore the nature of the criminal, not the crime itself, so I'm partially out of the loop.

[neverstagnate]

They give you patients without a clue as to what they've done? That seems a bit counterproductive, doctor.

[drmoonstone]

I know what each patient has done, but I do not know the full details of the case. My job is to determine whether they have the capacity to commit a crime or if they were out of their minds.

[revengeisbitter]

It doesn't matter how you feel. You're doing your job. If you're not cut out for it, quit.

[drmoonstone]

Do you think I'm cut out for it?

[revengeisbitter]

What does my opinion matter?

[drmoonstone]

I'm just curious.