Child Health: How can anyone who kills their children not have mental health problems

How can anyone who kills their children not have mental health problems?
and therefore plead manslaughter through diminished responsibility??? It goes against every human instinct to kill your child, so shouldn't everyone who does this be excused?
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Why even care? People are screwed up and shit happens. Many animals kill their children, it is punished in our "evolved" society but I wouldn't call it going against human instinct. In an evolutionary perspective, killing off your offspring is not good - but there might be behavioral and/or mental mutations mixed with everyday hardship and/or drugs that led to the murder. It requires a special kind of nutjob to purposely kill anyone for no reason, whether their own child or not. People are punished for commiting crime because that is what society wants - an orderly and safe environment. Some societies punish more severely than others - one indian tribe I saw even cannabilize their own dead and human waste. In response to the below bible thumping replies: It has nothing to with the devil, video games, global warming, Santa Claus, or Chuck Norris. Whether you like it or not, people are capable of the worst. Logic, education, and good breeding is the key to a better society; God is popular among prison inmates, and fools.
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It could be a drug-induced psychosis, or perhaps the result of an advanced neurological infection. Then again, it could be from head trauma of some kind (an accident, being beaten, etc). What is your evidence about 'every human instinct'? Is this backed up by scientific evidence, or simply your own beliefs about human behavior? Someone could be considered 'guilty but insane'. This is not an 'excuse', but a 'cause'. The laws are struggling to keep up with this issue. Clearly someone could still be guilty of murder and have 'responsibility' (they did it), but have diminished 'capacity' because of their mental state. Hope this is helpful.
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Facing the fact this world is corrupted beyond belief, there is nothing that surprises me lately. It is unnatural and sickening. As we may or may not disagree I feel strong faith in God and know one day evilness will have no place any longer. (Hug)
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Yeah, but what about the people who kill their kids and is not on drugs and has no mental problems. Thats what freaks me out. I believe it's satan who is doing all of this. There are many instances that happen like this and nobody can explain why. Because we are all in shock and dumbfounded. Police have said they could not find a motive or any mental illness and was not premeditated. That is evil. It's hard to believe in something you can't understand fully, or if it's just not natural or normal than its not real, right? Well, People should not be excused for this, it's their lack of faith for Jesus that allows satan to take over them. I have strong faith in God and I believe that some or even all of these people were invaded by satan. This will all continue, until Jesus returns
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Not excused. I agree that mental health problems must be there to let people do this, but I don't think insanity equals innocence. I think there's usually an explanation but not an excuse. And I don't think it's the Devil or any other mystical entity.
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With the millions of abortions, I would not think it against womens instinct to kill their child.
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Of course, anyone that kills their child is evil. This isn't about abortion tho is it? Abortion isn't killing a child.
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It depends. For me to believe they have diminished responsibility - they needed to have been diagnosed PRIOR to the act. Not conveniently after. Some people are just evil and not ill. They act in revenge.

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Monday, December 28, 2009

How can anyone who kills their children not have mental health problems