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By: Law is Cool · July 30, 2009 · Filed Under Criminal Law · 6 Comments
A year later, no end to bus nightmare
McLean’s mother, Carol deDelley, said in a victim impact statement read out at Li’s Criminal Code review board hearing she can’t sleep, can’t eat and can no longer earn a living driving a school bus.
She is now pouring her energy into fighting for changes so people who are found not criminally responsible for a crime still serve time in jail.
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Li should be locked up and kept under supervision for the same amount of time a convicted killer would serve. There at least would be confirmation he was taking his medication.
I don’t care if someone is “insane”….if you whack someone’s head off and start feasting on the remains, you have no business being allowed in society. I don’t care what the excuse is.
If the government caves into this demand, I’ll start demanding $20,000,000. Who knows, I might get it too. *rolls eyes*.
AT least you still have eyes to roll.
The young kid on the bus who was killed….had his eaten by Li.
Good point James, that sounded a little unsympathetic. That’s not the point however. All I’m saying is that we can’t resort to mob justice and lynching, no matter how mauch the victims demand it. We’ve gone too far away from that in the past 300 years.
I’m not talking mob justice, and neither is the mother of the dead boy. I’m talking about the safety of the rest of us. If a schizophrenic patient will not take his medication willingly, he or she needs to be monitored closely to ensure that they do, and if not, we lock them up where they pose no danger.
Violent schizophrenics like Li are rare, as the majority of mental patients like him simply mind their own business. Li is an exception, and as an exception, he needs to be treated differently. More for our safety, than his.
I am shocked that the Canadian Justice System can sometimes be so dense. How could they even consider letting Li out even after ‘recovery’??! Sometimes I feel like they should re-introduce capital punishment.