Damn, that is a great point and I had never thought of it like that, but you hit the nail on the head.
Even if you do take the offender's perspective, there is utterly no sense in this. You let the guy roam free and do battle with the demons which defeated him before. And then you expose them to the public, yes, indeed for the benefit of the public, but at tremendous disservice to the offender. I agree with you - the crim justice system isn't there to serve the offenders, but the libs think that it is....so they should also oppose releasing these sickos. Leave them in where they can live what will be the best shot at a normal life - one of constant supervision and made work. Then of course you rightly bring up the interest of the public..."hey...guess what? there is a sex offender in your neighborhood? brought to you as a psa...your tax dollars at work!" what an ingenius system....
Lock em up. Never let em out. Everyone wins.
You and I are in agreement.