[mikece]

If the tumor didn't affect the decisions that led to the defendant being a defendant then it makes no difference at all. If found guilty then it's VERY significant in terms of sentencing. All efforts should be taken to treat the convict as humanely as possible in accordance with the dignity owed to every human being.

[Enginerrrd]

>If the tumor didn't affect the decisions that led to the defendant being a defendant

...But that's literally exactly the question at play in the title. When the tumor DOES affect the decisions that make the defendant the defendant.

All I can add is that having spent a lot of time on the meditation cushion observing the workings of my own brain, it's laughable to me that people think they have control over their brain. And by some very objective standards most would consider me to have quite a bit of such control. I can attest that this control is a massive illusion.

[mikece]

Totally right and after thinking about it I came back to remove the first sentence -- that facts don't care about your medical condition -- of my comment because it contradicted the rest of what I said.