[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Ammi

....hmmm, the thing is though Kirk..if his mental health is such that he can never be in society again then he's not mentally capable of requesting euthanasia...I mean it wouldn't be granted to someone 'not of sound mind..' who wasn't a convicted rapist/murderer...

Has he been diagnosed totally Clinically Insane' Ammi? People who suffer from the most serious 'Obsessive-Compulsion Disorders' are generally still deemed capable of cognitive thought because different parts of the brain are responsible, and for him to have decreed that he cannot fight his compulsion and that he will offend again, and for him to refuse any consideration for parole to ensure that this does not happen, then I would say that he is certainly of 'sound mind' and capable of rational thought.

Whether the state agrees or not is another matter, but if the don't it does not mean that they are right. More often than not it is psychologists and psychiatrists who need a 'mind doctor'.