My suggestion for a solution to this extremely complex situation is let's have compassion for the mentally ill and view mental illness and drug and alcohol addiction as the crippling diseases that they are. A young man with schizophrenia murdered an innocent woman. how many people harm themselves, are victimized, and harm others because of mental illness and addiction? Let's adequately fund the resources dedicated to helping these people instead of throwing them in jail or abandoning them to their own devices.