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Originally Posted by HOOT
From talking to people about this no one seems to mind these supervised visits but the concern is how this leads towards him being on his own eventually. To me it sounds like the doctor is testing the waters by telling people the chances are 1 in a 100 (which is still too high IMHO) that he reoffends. And now you have his interview to make him seem like just any regular Joe that made a mistake.
Once he is fully released how do they keep tabs on him? Who is responsible if he kills someone else?
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His 30 minute escorts into the community and supervised walks around the grounds of the hospital are in response to how he was responding to treatment. They haven't said, but it could be they are working towards his full release back into the community.
As for the interview his respones to questions don't surprise me. Medication and treatment can help schizophrenics understand what thier disease is about and in Li's case, a reason for why he comitted that henious act. That and it helps to end the psycotic episodes and the voices he was constantly hearing. He seems to be remorseful for what he did and doesn't expect his life will ever be normal again.
The full unescorted release part, if it happens, scares the hell out of me. On one hand I think that if he stays on his meds and keeps up with his treatment he won't be a threat to society. It's the making sure that he takes his meds part that worries me. He can say he understands he has to take his meds and such but the realty is that many schizophrenics will go off thier meds when they are feeling better. The psycotic episode that lead to the beheading will return.
If we are going to keep him in a hospital setting ( I hope we do) for the rest of his life, i'd have no problems with him being escorted and supervised in the community where he goes to a day job and returns to the hospital at night.