The difference being is that unmedicated, he did commit a very violent act. He is now medicated, and his freedom should be based upon him remaining medicated. The only way to do that is to check in on him.
It would be different if he had a permanent procedure done that repaired the damage/illness.
The search analogy works if we were talking about making every diagnosed schizophrenic patient submit to testing. I am just saying that ones with a past history of violence be subject to that. The reason his release is even a subject is that he was not criminally responsible. If he had been, he would have been left in jail and likely never been given parole. In my mind, part of not being criminally responsible due to mental disease is that you disease must be monitored.
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