Long story short; an acquaintance of mine was MURDERED by an “eccentric” who went off his meds as soon as the froot loop got out of the mental hospital his family had put him in.
Damned glad the poor little “eccentric” POS wasn’t deprived of his liberty.
Some people need to be put away before they kill.
He wasn't an eccentric, he was evil.
My friend, never hurt a fly, but the state of Maine along with Massachusetts and New York thought it would be best to take away his liberty. So while people like the serial killer who killed your friend gets to go free, productive healthy people like my friend lost their liberty.
It doesn't work. It never has it never will. The state has no business dictating who gets to live and who doesn't. Every time it has happened, the wrong people get screwed and the right people are let loose to cause trouble.