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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
This is a man who knows the dire consequences of failing to follow his treatment. This is a man who has been a modeled patient, who has a huge support system with the Schizophrenia Society. It's a man who has shown complete and utter remorse for something he had no control over.
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The one thing I keep going back to is this: right now being of sound mind, I can only think that if I developed a mental illness such as this, and under that illness committed the same act, I would want to have that safety net of knowing I could never end up back in that same place. Or at least I would feel that my duty as a citizen is to make sure there was no way I could relapse.
Obviously I would want the freedom to have an independent life. I just don't see the burden this places on Li to be subject to testing. If he says he plans on continuing with his treatment, then let him do so.
It also could be beneficial to him. Those medications can't be free- and may not be cheap. If it is a term of his release, there could be some measure of public funding for his medication. That way he never has to worry about not being to afford it.