What happened in Arizona when Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was shot and several people were murdered at a political event was horrible.
Mental illness can be horrible, too. Loughner, the man accused of the crime, was recently found unfit to be tried. An Article in today's Washington Post "laments" the fact that helping people get well enough to face trial seldom works.
I get that crimes like murder are horrible and that someone being unfit means justice delayed or justice denied. But I don't get how someone who was mentally unfit when they committed the crime can later be made "well" and face trial for a crime committed when they weren't well.
Horrible things happen in this world every flippin' day. Really. Horrible. Things.
I don't know. People died. Grandparents. A young child. It's horrible. But how does making someone who was mentally ill when he committed the crime well, bring anyone back? It doesn't obviously whether the killer (or alleged killer I guess in this case since he hasn't yet faced trial and been convicted) is mentally ill or sane or ... . And how can a "well" person be accountable for the crimes he or she committed when he or she was beyond the reach of sanity.
Sometimes there just aren't any good answers. There's only sorrow.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/loughner-ruling-creates-potential-obstacles-on-path-to-trial-in-ariz-shootings/2011/05/27/AGTrxyCH_story.html?hpid=z3
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