I agree. However, it has no bearing into this particular case. Truth is that you don’t know this person. You are not their forensic psychologist. You cannot claim in any certain way whether he will re-offend or not. All of that is for the system that is in place to decide. Hopefully with some level headed professionals making those decisions. Activism for more humane treatment of convicts and stronger mental health care to reduce the slave state of the judicial system is praiseworthy, I’m with you on that. But that change is gradual and involves a ton of changes on society and culture. But “don’t jail anyone ever”, while it might sound nice and noble, without its social care counterpart, is folly. You will have to jail people from time to time, even if it is to make sure they get mental health care. The number one risk factor with violence prone patients is that they don’t take treatment willingly and tend to fail to show up to care, even if it is available.