Sentenced to a mental institution instead of prison.
Somehow, I don’t see where that’s an improvement (if you are a die-hard liberal who hates to see people go to prison). Instead of being treated like prisoners, they’ll be subjected to mental “treatment” and drugs. Hopefully, there is some sort of provision to prevent their release if some liberal shrink declares them cured.
Almost sounds like a typical back story to a 70s slasher movie
“25 years later....”