Pennsylvania Senator Greenleaf has devised a grotesque scheme worthy of Boris Karloff. If Greenleaf doesn't suffer from Alzheimer's, at least his schemes do. This poor guy and his legal notions have spiraled through a time-warp. He thinks it's the 1690's instead of the 1990's. First, he wants to lie.
Politicians are very fond of pretense, especially the hypocritical right wing politicians.
Greenleaf doesn't trouble himself with trivialities like facts, science or honesty. He seems to prefer the vindictive cruelty of blind revenge. Certainly, there is nothing scientifically sound in Greenleaf's hysterical plan. This was an attempt by European governments to rid their countries of social deviants such as beggars and petty criminals by placing them in prisonlike institutions known as royal hospitals. Because psychologically disturbed people were also considered social deviants, they too were often confined in such institutions.