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You don't understand. Britain respects some basic rights for those considered dangerously bad, but not the "dangerously mad".

I worked as a paper pusher in the UK's mental health appeal system. If they think the patient continues to present a risk of harm to others, there is no escape. It's extremely hard for a patient to convince others they're safe. Many stay in for many more decades than they would have done in prison.

If they think his condition was so severe that it made the criminal decision for him, they might not ever be convinced he's stopped being a danger until his condition is cured. Given autism is not a curable mental disorder, this outcome is a bit of a scandal.



I mean, stills seems way ahead of the US where someone like him would just be thrown in genpop with no special protections at all.




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