John Hinckley Jr., escaped conviction for his attempted assassination of President Reagan with psychiatric assistance. |
he so-called insanity defense was only the beginning. Psychiatry has given us an ever-increasing number of illnesses, mania and disorders which are then employed to justify wrongdoing and set criminals free to steal, harm or kill again.
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An arsonist who routinely sets people and their property on fire could be excused as suffering from pyromania disorder.
A person who seems unable to restrain himself from stealing whether a shoplifter or an auto-thief may be suffering from kleptomania disorder.
A child molester or child rapist could escape conviction by claiming to suffer from pedophilia disorder.
A man who repeatedly batters his wife for personal satisfaction could go unpunished by claiming he was suffering from paraphelia disorder.