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Originally Posted by Mathgod
Based on my life experiences of interacting with the mental health system, I do have good reason to be skeptical about what the experts claim to know about mental illness.
This is a very bad argument. Whether it was his fault or not, the fact is that he butchered someone to death and there is a chance that it could happen again. Even if that chance is small, he should be kept away from society on the basis that it has happened before. As far as I am aware, it has not been scientifically shown that an unsupervised schizophrenic on medication is no more likely to kill someone than a general member of the public. Furthermore, I don't think it is fair to downplay the possibility of him not staying on his medicine schedule.
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No, THIS is a very bad argument. Your way of thinking basically says that anybody that has committed any sort of crime in the past has a chance of committing it again, and therefore should be incarcerated indefinitely. Nevermind the fact that he wasn't even convicted of a crime in the first place!
And the REAL fact of the matter is that he has rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms that, and the legal system has obligations under the Criminal Code that say that once he is no longer a threat, he must be released.
Also, your personal experiences with the mental health system are irrelevant.