A lot of people seemed to be citing 'trained professionals' as the ones suggesting he be released at the first possible chance. That is 100% not the case. A very close friend of mine is a licensed Psychologist, a very liberal and progressive thinking one at that. We went for a hike last weekend and had a very lengthy discussion about this case. And she does not believe he should ever have freedom. She does not believe it is worth the risk to the public either that he pulls a vanishing act, and stops his medication and therapy. And there is a large portion of her colleagues that feel the same, she admittedly clarified it as 'not all, but many.'
My Aunt is also a Psychologist and holds the same view, and is appalled Vincent Li has not only been allowed to live on his own, he has also been granted the right to change his name, and potentially hide his past from anyone he may encounter in the future.
So people need to stop with that assumption. Not every mental professional sympathizes with people with these disorders to the extent they deserve freedom. They may be willing to help them clinically, but not every single one believes they deserve the freedom some of you seem to assume they should have.
And the lack of empathy for these families on this board also sickens me as well. Regardless of if he meant to do it or not, it was a horrific act of pure evil, and no, I wouldn't want Matthew DeGrood as my neighbor, any more or less than I would want Jeffrey Dahmer.
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