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Originally Posted by Slava
I don't think anyone is naive enough to think that we can prevent every murder. That's not the test. But from my armchair, it's disconcerting that we have these cases where violent offenders are released despite a high likelihood (as assessed by the board) of reoffending.
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Would you rather have had him in jail for one more year then released with no conditions and by making parole more difficult disincentivize treatment or released when he was where he breached conditions, was failed to be arrested by police, and then murdered people?
The worst general outcomes will be when people don’t get reintegrated and don’t get treatment.
So I think the set of solution needs involve longer parole periods and transitions not putting people back in jail then releasing with no conditions.
The choice the parole board is making is likelyhood to reoffend today vs 16 months from now which is better. They are in a lose lose situation. Despite this outcome the board may have made the correct decision for this type of case given the two poor options.