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Originally Posted by Flames_Gimp
if Li was put down it might ease the victims minds with some closure at the very least!
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Fortunately, we don't live in a society where the victims get to pick the punishment.
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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
Like it or not, someone has to be held accountable
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But we don't. Li was found not criminally responsible for his actions. The law has differentiated for hundreds of years the difference between a sane person of sound mind and someone with a mental disorder.
Other than the emotional aspect of the gruesome incident, I don't know if there's a reason to punish this man for life. He was found not criminally responsible because he was having a psychotic episode where he thought God was telling him to kill an evil alien. Again, he thought God told him to kill an alien. He was sent to the provincial psychiatric facility, not as a punishment for a crime but for public safety. Now it appears the trained professionals do not see him as a threat to public safety and want to gradually reintroduce him to society (moreso than what has already taken place). It becomes hard to argue that he should remain locked up if he was locked up for public safety and the experts no longer believe he is a safety risk.