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Originally Posted by polak
Pfft.
Too me it sounds like your argument is to do what is best for the killer.
Are you going to tell me that releasing a mentally ill person who has to be medicated for the rest of his life, routinely visit medical specialists, live in publically funded housing, eat under public dime and who probably won't be able to hold down any type of meaningful work due to the public nature of his crime is better than keeping him off the streets and not having any risk of him killing someone else?
Face it, releasing him is more than likely going cost society nearly as much as keeping him under lock and key and he's probably not going to be able to contribute much to society as a whole. There's pretty much no "good for society" in this scenerio. The only good that would come out of this is the hope that one mentally ill man is better. Too bad it comes at such risk.
At least observe him for more than a few years before letting him walk go out unsupervised. Why can't he serve a normal sentence under supervision? That would give us tons of reassurance that he's indeed safe before you set him free.
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It wasn't an argument for anything, was just a statement of fact.
I
don't have a business degree am simply prepared to put my trust in the appropriate health professionals and their expertise.