Image your son is suffering from schizophrenia disorder and he does something that is illegal. Now imagine your son goes to court is found guilty and has to go prison, even though he had no understand of what he did. Eric Clark was a boy who suffered from schizophrenia. He went to court because he shot a police officer. He had no idea what he had done was wrong because he was having delusions. A person’s sanity should be used as a defense in court. In the article it states that, “Defense and prosecution psychiatrists agree that Eric was a paranoid schizophrenic, that he was psychotic and suffering from delusions immediately before and after the crime.” Schizophrenic is a mental health disorder. This disorder includes having hallucinations
