Hey Cat,
He was going to be released in a while. The police & psych. doctors worked with him - out in society long time before he was released. That was the point - get him ready for release - but he was already out in society.
I think that's a valid point. Unless someone has a life sentence with no chance of parole, they're most likely going to be released at some point in their life. This man had served most of his sentence - they were trying to help him and help society.
The experiment failed - primarily because society would give him nothing. Now they'll get him anyway - just more angry at society.
These boys were going to be released in a while. It would seem, imho, that their - and society's - chances would be much better with therepy, surveilance, and non-exposure to more hardened criminals - because after a couple years of intimate exposure to hardened criminals, those men will be released anyway.
It's up to society to figure this out and our governments don't seem to be in the mood to kill or lock up for life all rapists, murderers, etc. Moving them to Australia wasn't the answer either. Most will be returned to society - how do we want them to return to our neighborhoods?
Imho, there should be notification to the neighborhoods of paroled/released child molesters/rapists, etc. But there is no universal law on this - so somebody's gonna get stuck with 'em and not know it.
waiting