Hinckley Ruling Sacrifices Safety |
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| Media Link - USA Today | ||||
| Monday, 22 December 2003 00:00 | ||||
John Hinckley Jr.'s psychiatrists claim that the man who shot President Reagan hasn't shown "any evidence of psychosis in the past 16 years" and should be allowed to visit his parents without supervision. They now have their wish. Isn't it relevant that Hinckley showed evidence of psychosis and violence on that one occasion in 1981? Do 16 years of being a good, cooperative patient in a mental hospital compare in any remote way to the reality of living on your own and becoming both violent and insane? Aren't there enough problems in the world today, especially for U.S. presidents, without setting loose a known violent man who attempted to kill 20 years ago? This whole episode shows why elevating insanity above legal responsibility for crimes is dangerous and senseless. It's just a ploy to escape legal responsibility for one's crimes. If somebody is so insane that he can't control his violent impulses, then he should never be let loose. If you want to have him locked up in a mental hospital forever, that might be OK, but he shouldn't be set free or allowed unrestricted visits with his parents. Psychiatrists who need to feel good about themselves and enjoy the illusion that they're actually doing something to cure such people have a vested interest in letting the Hinckleys of the world be released. We shouldn't sacrifice our safety or the safety of our elected leaders to indulge a psychiatrist's sense of professionalism.
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