Network news reported by man beaten sweep the floor in the boy's video cause the attention of people, some netizens worry man had a history of mental illness will get gold from death.So the question comes, the mental patient it really is not illegal to kill?Laws have why to set?Of mental patients in China's criminal law, the behavior of violating criminal law made specific provision:

Mentally ill criminal responsibility is divided into three types:

The first: no criminal responsibility ability completely mental patients

China's "criminal law" prescribed in paragraph 1 of article 18: "mental patient when cannot recognize or can't control his behavior harm as a result, identified through legal procedure, criminal responsibility, but his family or guardian shall be ordered due diligence and medical treatment;When necessary, mandatory health by the government."

The second: has the criminal responsibility of mentally ill people

China's "criminal law" in paragraph 2 of article 18: "intermittent mental patient while in normal mental crime, criminal responsibility shall be borne."

The third: the mental patient with limited capacity for criminal responsibility according to law

China's "criminal law" in paragraph 2 of article 18: "has not yet completely lost ability to recognize or control his own conduct the mental patient crime, criminal responsibility shall be borne, but can be given a lighter or mitigated punishment".