Quote Originally Posted by StonedOne View Post
Further, why should we condemn a criminal for committing a crime if he was predestined to commit it from the very moment of his conception or-as some have stated-from the big bang itself?
Determinist answer: Because the causal chain has led to the society having rules against crime, which many of us were raised to not commit. Even though free will is an illusion, we still have these illusionary inclinations to put away criminals.

It doesn't even matter if the criminal is technically responsible or not. It's just the way things are done, based on how things were done, based on how earlier things were done, etc.