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Courts only order treatment for defendants pre-conviction if they are determined to be mentally incapable of standing trial. This is a very basic standard that
by openasocket 8y ago
Courts only order treatment for defendants pre-conviction if they are determined to be mentally incapable of standing trial. This is a very basic standard that simply requires that the defendant understands what a judge is, what a jury is, what the charges are, etc. Are you actually suggesting that the ethical thing to do is to try and potentially convict people too mentally ill to understand what is going on?
Also, I'm not aware of any public school, at least in the US, that sends students to psychologists for treatment. Schools don't even employ clinical psychologists or psychiatrists, and they can't require that a student go to a psychologist to remain at a school.