Dear god, Chinese immigrant Vince Li got away with murder. A Canadian judge has deemed Mr Li mentally ill, thus not criminally responsible for decapitating a sleeping passenger on a Greyhound bus and then trying to eat him (good to know!). Mr Li made world headlines after shocked greyhound passengers fled in horror, as for no apparent reason, he attacked fellow passenger Tim McLean with a knife.It was later revealed that Mr McLean’s ear, nose and tongue were found in Li’s pocket.Justice John Scurfield in delivering his verdict said “He did not appreciate the actions he committed were morally wrong,”. He will now be will be institutionalized without a criminal record and reassessed every year by a mental health review board to determine if he is well enough to return back into the community (oh great!). Hello, what about Tim McLean? His distressed mother said “A crime was still committed here, a murder still occurred.There was nobody else on that bus holding a knife, slicing up my child.” There will never be closure for that family.

Hmm, so does this mean all mentally ill people are free to commit heinous crimes under the umbrella of not responsible for their actions? Don’t get me wrong, mental illness is a complex and extraordinary difficult issue and I have great empathy for people who struggle with it everyday . But if you remove accountability from society where does it leave us? Surely Mr Li could have been given some charge. Nobody would question the fact Mr Li was mentally ill when he beheaded Mr McLean, nobody would question the right for Mr Li to receive the proper care and treatment , nobody would question the right for Mr Li to serve time in an institution rather than a prison. But to have NO criminal record!!!!!!!

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