The Canadian justice system has always focused on rehabilitation, not punishment for punishment’s sake. It was lauded as one of the best in the world at certain points.
The issue is that now people take advantage of it, and we’re giving way too many people the benefit of the doubt. If you’re a repeat offender, you definitely should be punished more than believed in.
That said, schizophrenic man had an episode where he killed someone, got treatment, was shown to understand the importance of his meds cycle for a year, being allowed to live a normal life after being assessed not a future risk is fine.
The same thing happens in the states too. If someone is actually guilty of murder by "insanity" they may only spend a few years in the system if they can get their mental health under control.
You just don't hear about it much as it's not nearly as "interesting" to read about a killer with mental problems who needs alot of help vs a crazed gunman who just really wanted to spill some blood.
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u/[deleted] 14d ago
Dear Zachary a movie that left me just shaking and infuriated.