agree.hope appeal will work.preventive long sentence...OK
fine...since expert opinion says he's likely to repeat his
act(s)...but I dont see why must cane him lor...
Just because he is mentally retarded does not mean he is not
capable of understanding that what he did was wrong. If he is so
severely retarded that he was not capable of understanding what he
did or that his action was wrong, then his lawyer could have
pleaded that he lacked the mens rea for committing the offence.
We have to conclude that the court found him to be capable of
understanding what he did was wrong but nevertheless committed the
offence. Therefore he must be punished in accordance to the the
law.