Liberal Judges Release Cannibal to Public
An institutionalized man who confessed to the 2011 killing of a homeless man in Connecticut in which he also ate the victim's body parts in a cemetery was granted a conditional release.
Tyree Smith was granted a conditional release by the Nutmeg State's Psychiatric Security Review Board on Friday, allowing him to leave Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown, although he will remain under supervision and will continue to receive mental health services, according to WFSB.
Smith's doctor said the cannibal killer has been rehabilitated and is taking medications to help with psychosis and voices in his head, the outlet reported...............................
But others, including GOP state Sen. Paul Cicarella, contested that Smith should remain under close watch in a hospital.
"Murder and cannibalism and release in the same sentence. That's a problem. That's concerning to me," he told WFSB.
Cicarella and fellow Republican state Sens. Henry Martin, Heather Somers and Stephen Harding called the decision "outrageous" and "mind-boggling."
"This individual killed and ate part of his victim and was found not guilty by reason of insanity," the lawmakers said in a statement. "His victim's family raised objections about his release. What about THEM? Where is the justice for THEM? This terrible decision puts public safety in jeopardy and is yet another terrible message to send to CT violent crime victims and their families. This person should never be out. We are dumbfounded at this injustice. In what universe is this ok?"