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Originally Posted by TonyB06
In this instance, Kevin asks a fair question. If not mental illness (or simply, the pure visitation of evil) what do you think caused the girls to act this way?
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Perhaps (the very broad and vague) "the pure visitation of evil". But, not mental illness.
These girls could have been bored, unsupervised, and curious about brutally beating or killing someone. Based on these kids' accounts, this was planned out included finding a place for the stabbing that had drainage for the blood. They are being charged as adults based on the planning, brutality, and heinousness of the act. It is less likely for kids to be charged as adults with a $500,000 bail when mental illness is considered the cause.
Even psychopathy/sociopathy are widely debated as mental illness vs. "just evil/bad/morbid people". Antisocial disorders are in the DSM but some experts consider psychopathy/sociopathy to go way beyond antisocial traits. Many violent people (abusers, murderers, mass murderers, and serial killers) are dismissed as "just evil/bad/morbid people" who were conscious and cognizant rather than empathized as people whose behaviors were caused by a mental illness; and whose behaviors could have been reduced in likelihood with mental health services.
I hope this victim survives.