So we have to now feel sympathy for somebody like this now and let him wander aimlessly like he did before he committed his horrible act?
The same thing took place up here in Ottawa when Jeffrey Arneburg, a schizophrenic drifter, senselessly murdered TV sportscaster Brian Smith in the station’s parking lot in 1995. He spent time in mental hospitals until about 2004, he was given an unconditional release. Smitty’s widow was at the hearing and she mentioned that her late husband’s name was only spoken once or twice and that was at the start of the roughly two hour long hearing. Arneburg proved his worthiness in 2007 by attacking a US Customs Officer in Buffalo, NY. Spent another couple of years in jail, then released. Still continues to wander aimlessly with not very much remorse for what he did that so much shocked our community nearly twenty years earlier.
Forgive for the lengthiness of the above, but I can’t help but think a lot about that whenever I hear or read Hinckley’s name.
"The Crown Prosecutor took what he could get...better than losing at trial..."
With Hinckley, yes he was, and is nuts, and is still a danger to those around him.