You're assuming a lot of things. 1) That jail time will prevent long term future victims (it won't) 2) That jail will rehabilitate him (it won't) 3) That being

You're assuming a lot of things. 1) That jail time will prevent long term future victims (it won't) 2) That jail will rehabilitate him (it won't) 3) That being compassionate will cause him to commit more crimes. In this case it did, however, I believe this is a pretty big outlier.