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Originally Posted by dissentowner
The system is broke. This guy should never be free, mentally not guilty be damned. Now that he is mentally sound on meds he should stand trial for murder. I understand about mental health but the bottom line is this guy murdered a young man and his family has to live with the fact there is zero justice for him.
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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
Going on a lot of assumptions here, but lets say doctors are 100% certain he is mentally ok now and committed to his regimen of medication which will 100% prevent any future decapitation episodes.
What is the benefit of putting him in prison? Will the victims family feel better about their missing family member? Will they sleep easier at night? Luckily I have no first hand experience with this, but I kind of doubt it. I don't think there is any way to have "justice" for the family members. You put Vincent Li to death, you put him in prison for life, it doesn't bring back the victim. There are no pros to imprisoning him.
So if there is certainty he's not going to reoffend we save a bunch of money, we give a human a chance at some form of meaningful life, and maybe even bring a tax payer back into the system.
I just don't see, given my possibly wild assumptions, any positives of throwing the guy in jail for the purpose of "justice".
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I am torn on this story.
I can see and relate to both these posts.
Had he gone off his meds when this happened or was this a new episode for him.
My concerns isn't about him being out and on his meds....it is if he goes off his meds.
My buddy's wife has serious mental health issues. When she is on her meds you would never ever know about them. She is completely normal and presents no issues at all.
The trouble is after 6 months or so on her meds she thinks she doesn't need them (apparently this is part of her mental health issues). He has to have a discussion with her and once showed her a video of herself off the meds (no idea if this was a good idea, but it worked).
So my concern is, will he believe he is doing better and then not take his meds.