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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Any murderer could be released and murder again.
Any criminal could be released and commit another crime again. In fact, that happens extremely often, commonly with crimes being more severe.
You asking how I feel about him not taking his meds, is about the same as me asking you how you feel about releasing a criminal deemed to be rehabilitated after serving his sentence and him immediately killing someone. Of course you would hate to hear that, but does that mean you are against releasing criminals from prison ever?
And while we are talking stats, the recidivism of actual criminals is staggering. For aboriginal federal offender it's over 50% for any crimes!
https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/r.../index-en.aspx
For violent, it shoots down to a measly 20%. So one in five aboriginals convicted of a violent crime will recommit a violent crime. If safety is our concern, I think you need to argue never releasing federal offenders ever based on those stats.
I mean, Li's just a drop in a bucket comparatively.
Of course I would only want him to be released unconditionally if he is no longer deemed a threat (as our law says). Of course that would mean a realistically high chance of him continuing his treatment and a very low chance of him killing someone again based on the experts and Review Boards analysis and discretion. That does not provide a guarantee, but in order to keep this society free you need to take "risks" otherwise the prudent choice would be to lock away any and all (at least violent) criminals for life. |
I don't think you can compare Li to another criminals. If he was a criminal we wouldn't be talking about this for another 12 years or so and then he would be on parole for life.
We also don't have a good method of preventing criminals from continuing to commit crimes. If you could medicate them appropriately and eliminate crime I suspect that for violent offenders this would be implented.
The loss of liberty of Li (in terms of ensuring he gets his meds) is reasonable in comparison to the amount of safety added to society.
An aside: Would Li be responsible for paying for his meds and therapy if he gets an absolute discharge? Because I would be worried if there is any potential barrier for his treatment.