You aren't in your right mind (or is it left mind?) when drunk or high, yet the punishments for those tend to be higher. Is that because they choose to accept responsibility for their actions by default or because it isn't really about the state your mind is in, but rather the state of mind you were in before it changed to something less... common sensible.
To me, not even mental problems are a reason to alter the perception of the action. If you kill someone while batshit insane, okay, you just go to a different prison than 'normal' people do. No truncated sentencing, no insanity (temporary or otherwise) defense, and no 'he didn't know what he was doing' appeals.
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