I totally understand that actually. Just because his behaviour was horrendous, does not mean you stop caring about a human being immediately.
Oh if it were that easy.
Having to go to jail, having those charges may well actually be doing him a favour, or if not him, someone else. Maybe, just maybe, next time he feels himself getting enraged he will walk out the front door and scream at the sky, instead of attacking another person. One can hope.
It would have been good if they had also added anger management to the recommendations.
Perhaps these consequences will help him in the long run. I really do hope so.