Personally, i believe that nationwide should not be bound to the settlement.
the main purpose of the settlement is to attract a lot of people from all over the world that came with various culture and ethnicity to populate and generte the economy within the certain area.
Of course, during the beginning of the settlement process, the Area will tend to be lawless and a lot of crimes might occur. It might get worse before it got better.
Well he is basically letting serial killers go off onto the streets and into everyday peoples lives. They will involve themselves with people and eventually kill or cause harm to people again. They wont learn from there mistakes if they dont get punished for them.
The Cotton Gin impacted the industrial revolution by speeding up the process of picking cotton seeds