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The System Failed And an Innocent Woman Paid the Price The Tragic Case of Bethany MaGee / Lawrence Reed and Why We Need To Change Civil Commitment Laws When violent repeat offenders are allowed to roam freely despite years of warning signs, innocent people are left feeling like they are playing Russian roulette just to get to work. We have to bring back asylums . We have to change civil commitment laws . A few months after a woman was randomly stabbed in the neck and died on a train in North Carolina. Now we have a woman that was randomly set on fire on a train in Chicago. On November 17, 2025, Chicago saw one of the most horrific acts of random violence in recent memory. Bethany MaGee a 26-year-old woman was riding the CTA Blue Line when a man Lawrence Reed. Poured gasoline on her and set her on fire. She was left fighting for her life. A s shocking as this attack was, it should not have been a surprise. It was the predictable result of a sy...