National Review’s Downey: Charlotte Train Attacker Should’ve Been ‘Locked Away for Life’ Because of Schizophrenia

EXCERPT:

PHILLIP: "I know, I‘m just saying, he did actually serve time for the violent offenses that he committed."
DOWNEY: "Yes. But he was a career criminal, a repeat offender who was let back onto our streets despite a really bad criminal record that suggests he should have been locked away for life because he was threatening the public. He was a menace to society."
PHILLIP: "He should have been locked away for life for what now?"
DOWNEY: "He should have — schizophrenia."
PHILLIP: "You want him to — "
BOYKIN: "You actually said that? I can‘t believe you actually said that. Somebody should be locked away in jail forever for schizophrenia? Did you really say that?"
DOWNEY: "Isolated."
BOYKIN: "Did you really say that?"
DOWNEY: "In an institution. Institution. Institutionalized. What you‘re saying is that this man should have been roaming the streets? Is that your position?"
BOYKIN: "I'm saying that you don't lock people in prison for schizophrenia."
DOWNEY: "An institution. Institution."