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  • Feb 12, 2012, 06:59 PM
    lian003
    Do pedophilias get punished by the justice system?
    I just learned pedophilia (aka child molesters) suffer from a mental disorder. Wouldn't that mean they would be excused from the criminal justice system with a plea of insanity?
  • Feb 12, 2012, 07:17 PM
    AK lawyer
    No. Insanity for legal purposes is quite different than it a mental disorder according to clinical practice. And, in either case, having a mental disorder does not necessarily mean one is insane.

    Finally, if one is determined to be criminally insane, the criminal justice system will still incarcerate the offender, albeit in a different institution and for "treatment" rather than for punishment.
  • Feb 12, 2012, 07:23 PM
    Fr_Chuck
    No they do not meet the legal requirements for Insanity.
  • Feb 14, 2012, 08:30 PM
    lian003
    Ok... that's weird.

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