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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
ok weird? But how is it a waste of money? Look I'm not happy with the unconditional release. But don't you think if Li goes forth and sins no more that we're saving a ton of money?
If we kept him in the jail system and untreated or badly treated for 20 years, it would cost a ton of money to clothes and feed him and at the end he'd probably be back on the streets with the same mental problems or worse ones then he has now.
Instead if everything goes right and he sticks to taking his meds we have someone that might actually be a plus positive instead of a net negative.
Now I'm not saying this is a catch all solution for dealing with violent criminals. Its not, there are a lot of entirely sane incredibly violent people out there who should be in jail for as long as possible. But Li isn't one of them.
As long as he sticks to his meds. But that's up to him now.
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I haven't done the math but I'm guessing 30 seconds of 2,000 volts of electricity would have been a very cost effective alternative. Even with carbon tax factored in.
