What does it mean that a person's trial will not have the same elements if they have a mental illness? Mental illness opens doors to the complexities of the human brain and how it works; without properly understanding the brain, it is not possible to understand the disease. It is not something anyone can control and without diagnosis and treatment people will not get better. Furthermore, if a jury only knows the name of a mental illness and not the symptoms and cause, then they have very little understanding and the trial will continue despite their ignorance on the subject. 16% of inmates in state and federal prisons suffer from serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia or manic depression (Mohlman, D.M. (2005). The Value and Importance of Treating Mental Illness--The Costs of Overlooking Mental Illness). Psychopaths have the emotional IQ of a 5 year old (Smith, R.J. (2015). Forgetting Furman) and a 5 year old would never face the death penalty for crimes of emotional inadequacy. Those suffering from mental illness should be treated and rehabilitated, not put to death