Some of the most horrible crimes in the 20th century, mostly ones that deal with one or mutable killings, were committed by people that were mentally unstable or unable to think or act reasonable unlike the rest of the people in the world. In other words, these people were considered insane. When it comes to these criminals being tried, the question comes up: is a punishment that would be regularly placed upon a sane criminal is proper and acceptable for an insane criminal? Should the criminals be given leeway or less of a punishment because of the weakened condition of their mind? These questions come up as a result of reading the book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. My opinion on this subject is that I'm against the punishment of criminals who are found to be insane.

I think that at the current time period we are in, with all the medical advancements into the mind we have, criminals that are found insane shouldn't be punished the same as sane criminals. Insane people have no control over the

The case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is one of weird circumstances. From looking at the case through the perspective of Mr. Utterson or anyone of Jekyll's servents through the book, one would conclude that Dr. Jekyll is insane and his actions as himself or as Mr. Hyde proves it. The constant mood swings Dr. Jekyll displayed through out the book before his death to his closest friends was very out of the ordinary. Before his death, Dr. Jekyll locked himself in his laboratory for over a week only giving Poole orders to find a type of salt. When under his second identity as Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll would without reason burst into violent tantrums, to the point where he clubbed a man to death. All of these signs I mentioned point to the mental unstableness of Dr. Jekyll. But the book isn't called the strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for nothing.

As I said before, looking at all the incidents from Mr. Utterson's perspective; the evidence is rock hard that Dr. Jekyll is insane. Without a shadow of a doubt I believe Dr. Jekyll is insane too, but I believe he is an exception to my be

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