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Originally Posted by rubecube
Or you can look at it from the perspective of public safety. Holding this guy in an institution for six months and then letting him go, doesn't guarantee he won't commit the same act in another year. Send him up the creek for 15 years and you're protecting the public from this monster.
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Or you could just be delaying the next occurrence for 15 years instead of six months. Which is better than the alternative, I suppose, but not ideal.
Maybe in those six months he'll receive the treatment he needs and medication that could prevent further offences. Maybe he has an awesome lawyer that just saved his bacon.