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Originally Posted by pylon
It's amazing how the people that actually remember the crime in vivid detail are being ignored by the system, and left to suffer. Millions spent on Li, and the rest of them got a big FU from the health care system. One first responder driven to suicide. Even worse, for the family knowing Li is a free man now. What an absolute nightmare for them, and added suffering for the rest of their lives.
Nothing will ever convince me this is the right thing to do when you factor in the collateral damage, and ongoing victimization that continues to be forced on the true victims.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manito...free-1.3979368 |
The true victim is Tim McLean.
We do owe these people a lot more than anyone has offered them, and we owe them the best mental health resources that Canada has.
Should that debt be paid by Li? I don't know. Morally, it feels like it should be, but that's not how the legal system works. It's not how any modern legal system works. We don't base punishment or rehabilitation tactics on what is owed to the victims.
Whether we should or not is a different conversation. We don't measure crimes by how many people saw it, how many family members were impacted, how horrible it was for the first responders, and thats the way it should be in my opinion. The law should be as objective as possible. You're arguing for subjective law.