Holy crap! Man be-heads fellow passenger on Greyhound in Manitoba!

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@Athabasca

Roderick, you should see the documentary, if you can find it (it may be on the CBC.ca website) about Sean Clifton. His turnaround and being embraced by the community is amazing.

Here is today’s CBC account of Li’s hearing. Vince Li, man who beheaded Greyhound bus passenger, seeks absolute discharge | CBC News

The tweets from the reporter are interesting and go to the points about continuing treatment, followup, etc.

I hear what you are saying about the possibility of Li re-offending but what guarantees are there for any citizen who might be healthy but could eventually fall victim to a mental illness?

Li is barred from any contact with McLeans family, but the mother is very vengeful and I am not certain she isn’t going to stop her quest for retribution. I have often thought that Li had as much if not more to fear from society than society has to fear from him.

Cheers,
A

I know nothing much about either of these cases, but a major difference seems to be that one victim lived and one did not. I am not sure it’s fair to compare the reactions of these two parents if that’s true.

I’d probably prefer some way to guarantee he take his medications.

[kayT]

Unless blood tests are taken very frequently there is no way to guarantee the medication will be taken. I am familiar with one case at least where meds were taken faithfully for nearly 15 years but when they were stopped disaster happened. It only takes a few days of no meds for really bad things to happen.

[Muffin]

Vince Li, man who beheaded passenger on Greyhound bus, given absolute...

Absolute discharge.