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Perhaps folks with a history of violence or dangerous behavior during sleep should have to lock themselves in or otherwise restrain themselves. Seems like a simple fix. Neglecting to do that before someone is killed could be manslaughter.

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The problem is that they could conceivably unlock themselves while sleepwalking too. They'd instead need to consent to being locked up by someone else, which seems like a safety hazard to me (fire starts in my house, do I die chained up to my bed?)

Good points. Perhaps a fire alarm could auto unlock? And the lock could have a different code every night, so it's less likely one can open it without conscientious thought.

All that said, someone with a condition known to be a danger to others is at least negligent if they do nothing then others get hurt.

Certainly this man's laughter.

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