Discuss the challenges that mentally ill offenders present to the Criminal Justice System.

Discuss the challenges that mentally ill offenders present to the Criminal Justice System. What can be done to ensure that the offenders are held accountable for their actions and at the same time, treated for their illness?

There are so many different criminal cases, in which the defendant has tried to claim a mental illness….feel free to provide a link to a case that you are familiar with for further discussion as to whether the mental illness claim was exercised properly.