I think it's important to say now that what I neglected to say in my initial response was the crime that you posted about was horrible, and that the man who committed the crime should be punished , as inadequate as that is to the victim of the crime it's all we've got. My heart goes out to the woman that he raped, abused and terrorized. And my feminist radar goes up, since crimes like this, crimes of violence against women, are generally only publicized for very particular political reasons. Something like this that happened on the other side of the world would only reach the international news for a few reasons, and the "mental illness" link was what I saw, or perhaps the media outlets picked up on the "incompetant police" angle as well. Either way is a flag to me, one for the continued demonizing of people who suffer from "mental illness" and the other is a nod to the "law and order" crowd.

Perhaps if I'd been clearer that I have absolutely no sympathy for the man in your OP it may have added context to my arguments. I regret that.