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Well sure he got less overall time but I'm not sure I don't still disagree that it's the wrong outcome. I mean, call me if he reoffends, maybe I'll change my mind, but it seems to me he had two entire years before he was even allowed a supervised outdoor walk and another two before he was allowed 30 minutes alone. Remember we're talking about a guy who only did what he did because he's severely schizophrenic. That's a treatable condition. Being a raging psychopath who swears he'll kill again when you let him out is not treatable and those are the types that get labelled dangerous offenders. You protect the public safety more if you treat it (under legal force) than if you don't. How many gang members just serve their time and then go out and shoot another dude within a week? That's not treatable. I think it's easy to look at that timeline and think it's unjust, but if you consider the full picture, it's really not as bad as it sounds. By all accounts this man responded well to treatment. Some don't but I'm not the professional who decides that. I don't think any of us will ever have enough information about his medical history to really judge tbh.
According to what I've read, if you are considered NCR and reoffend, you cannot be considered NCR a second time though. You would be fucked for life and be sentenced as though you were not NCR for the first offense. It's not a lifetime pass.
Edit: this has gone way OT though so I'm sorry all. It's an interesting debate to have somewhere else though.
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