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If after due legal process they are found to have committed a crime they should face the same punishment as any other person.
If they did the crime but after due legal process are found to be not guilty by reason of insanity, then they need to be confined to a place of treatment until they are cured (this is not Jail).
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Should the mentally retarded offenders receive the death penalty?
In Atkins v. Virginia, 536 US 304 (2002), the US Supreme Court decided executing the mentally retarded constituted a violation of the 8th Amendment prohibition against "cruel and unusual punishment.
Should there be mandatory incarceration for chronic juvenile offenders?
For CHRONIC repeat offenders, yes.
Juvenile offenders should not be penalized?
yes
Should felony offenders be in rehabilitation?
yea!
Should DUI offenders be singled out?
DUI offenders should be held accountable for their actions like any other criminal, but they should not be unfairly singled out. Their punishment should be fair and just, and aimed at reducing the likelihood of future offenses. Rehabilitation and education programs can be effective in addressing the root causes of DUI behavior.
How are offenders treated?
All should be treated as innocent til found guilty and sentenced. Then all the same type of offenders should be treated equally.
What does 'rehabilitate offenders?
The idea that the those who commit criminal offenses should be "taught" or "conformed" into standard society. In other words, offenders should be rehabilitated and released back out into society. It's counterpart is "Incapacitation", which is the idea that offenders should be removed from society, period.
Why should offenders learn social and cognitive skills and what can society gain from this?
why is having social and cognitive skills important to offenders to have
Should distinctions be made between different types of status offenders.?
With my children and others functioning in social structers, I feel that offenders should be identified, in order to safeguard and protect themselves and others. Most offenders are repeat and cannot adjust or adhear to norms and standards society prescribe.
How should competency be determined for a mentally ill person facing trial?
How should competency be determined for a mentally ill person facing trial?
Why should offenders be given another chance?
another chance to do what? try it again?
What should offenders do with criminals?
Offenders (being criminals themselves) don't treat other criminals any better than they treat the people that they offended (committed a crime against).
