Ok, fine. ANYthing but sending a non-criminal (but criminally stupid) person to jail.
Gee, thanks, Lynn. You’re all heart. 
Don’t do it, man. That’s a slippery slope you don’t want to slide down. The prcedent has already been set so first it’ll be you, then will come the copycats. Pretty soon all the serial killers will be armed with defib unit 'cos they know they can get off light. Then they’ll have to ban defibrilators, and you know where that leads? Do you? EMTs with car batteries and alligator clips attached to patients’ nipples! Do you want to be responsible for that?
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Dr. Freud will see you now.
Dammit all, I thought I was asking to see Mistress Freud. 
Damn it, every time I figure out a may to fulfill my life-long dream of becoming a serial killer, somebodies gotta throw a monkeywrench at me.
Back to the drawing board…
CMC fnord!