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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
I don't agree with this, the angry people just want a little resemblance of justice not 4 years in a club med with locks and happy pills. how about after the doctor's deem him safe for society send him to a minimum security prison for a few years.
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But you're essentially saying that we should acknowledge that a person can commit violent acts and not be responsible for them, but after they have been treated for their illness, we should punish them for committing those acts nonetheless. Aside from making a few people feel a tiny bit better, what is sending someone like De Grood or Li to a minimum security prison going to accomplish?
All that will happen is that any treatment regime they are on will suffer and the next argument by the same people who want him incarcerated because of feelings will be that no other murderers go to minimum security and that they all receive long sentences, not just "a few years".