Well, I would interpret that as "With something so horrible, people want to make sure it never, ever happens again and they don't really believe that someone wh

Well, I would interpret that as "With something so horrible, people want to make sure it never, ever happens again and they don't really believe that someone who would do something like that can ever be trusted." Compassion is one thing. Giving people a second shot at doing something heinous is another. We don't really know how to cure more prosaic mental health issues, like depression or social anxiety. If they are wrong about him having been successfully treated, we will likely find that out the hard way: When we discover he has done it again. Only, possibly, multiple times and covered it up successfully for some time, what with being older and savvier.