(07-20-2017, 10:15 AM)Tobi Wrote: ....In sixteen years, after exposure to all sorts of criminals in jail, will he improve? We can certainly hope so....but can't bet on it.
I doubt it actually. It seems that what is wrong with him is beyond 'jail time'.......
What he said: (I paraphrase as I can't remember his exact words, but something like...) "It felt like another man did it". I think should be listened to by experts, instead of just being dismissed as "manipulation". That man might be telling us something valuable about what is wrong with him (and maybe others who commit such cruel acts?)....
This highly dangerous man is very, very sick and should possibly never be released back into the public domain. I share your doubts that putting him with a load of criminals will solve his problems. The problems will remain, locked in his brain, so he will spend the time in prison planning his future attacks.
This man needs to be put in a secure mental hospital for the full sixteen years, not a prison. Prisons offer parole and early release for good behaviour. So he could be out walking around and doing the same in a few years. That must not happen.
This sort of crime needs careful management, so that he will not repeat the same deeds on release. A secure mental hospital offers a better chance of changing him.
"It felt like another man did it". He may well have felt like that, with voices telling him to carry out such unspeakable acts of cruelty and abuse. He needs to be locked up for a very long time and given lots of treatment, so that he will never reoffend. No parole or early release for good behaviour, as such mentally ill people can be very cunning and behave impeccably in prison so as to get out early.
Yes, the public want punishment in this case - and got it. That helps people sleep soundly in their beds - but for how long? Parole after a few years? Early release after that? It is, unlikely that 16 years will mean 16 years; probably much, much less. It may satisfy public opinion, but will not put animals out of danger in the future.
IMHO, the vital issue is that such a dangerous man should never be released if there is the slightest risk that he could reoffend. He needs in depth assessment and psychological help, ongoing over a very long time.
