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That creates a perverse incentive to not take medication. I.e. we'd end up where we are now, but with unmedicated people. I do think psychiatric evaluations m
by everforward 4y ago
That creates a perverse incentive to not take medication. I.e. we'd end up where we are now, but with unmedicated people.
I do think psychiatric evaluations make sense, especially for judges. They can really mess someone's life up, and theoretically the judgement would be overturned on appeal, but that's little solace to someone that spent 6 months in jail while the appeal happened.
- voakbasda 4y agoOne problem with this strategy is that such evaluations are relatively subjective. Like everything else in government, the process would become stacked with politically motivated individuals that have an agenda, and the judiciary would ultimately be biased according to their whims.
- everforward 4y agoOh definitely. My offhand idea would be to do a sort of jury selection. Pick 20 random psychiatrists from the AMA roster, let each side remove 5, and have the remaining 10 submit evaluations. I think if a majority (so 6) find them incompetent to be a judge, there should be some form of citizens voting on whether to keep them or not. Not state legislators, but actual citizens.
- sidewndr46 4y agoWell that and the fact that the judge could just rule such evaluations unconstitutional.
- shostack 4y agoSee: aviation and the FAA