> The idea is that if you are clear for that long, then you must be rehabilitated or no longer a threat. No, it does not mean that you are no longer a threat.

> The idea is that if you are clear for that long, then you must be rehabilitated or no longer a threat. No, it does not mean that you are no longer a threat. It means that you are no longer more a significantly greater threat than the general population. Again, particularly with crimes of passion, someone who has never been a threat their entire life becomes a threat in a heart beat. > The distribution seems to show otherwise. It's much more common from 18-40 than in other age groups. That is not the age distribution of murders that were crimes of passion. That's the distribution of murders. The cluster with younger folks are no doubt those with a disproportionate propensity for murder/violence in general. But hey, that's an age distribution that one would expect if there was some base probability for murder based on interpersonal interactions! ;-)