True Tycoon Her Empire, Her Rules

Chapter 217

As the online community was abuzz with speculations and heated debates, the breaking news dropped like a bombshell, confirming their worst fears.

At that moment, the floodgates of profanity burst open among the netizens.

“Son of a gun.”

“Are you kidding me? He gets off scot–free because he’s ‘mentally ill“?”

“Hold on, if he’s mentally ill, shouldn’t he be locked up even more so?”

“He slaughtered nearly a hundred innocent animals. You mean to tell me that by proving him ‘mentally ill,‘ he might just walk and find new prey to butcher?”

“If this guy gets off because of some insanity plea, I’m seriously going to question our legal system.”

*Does nobody give a damn about our pets anymore? Since when is animal cruelty okay?”

“Reject insanity as a get–out–of–jail–free card.”

“Refuse to release murderers on the grounds of mental illness.”

The uproar online over the possibility of Lyndon’s release due to a mental illness was too much to ignore.

The Emerald Bay Police Department issued an urgent bulletin in response, covering three points.

First, their investigation confirmed that since childhood, Lyndon had brutally killed nearly a hundred cats, causing a serious social outcry.

Second, Lyndon had indeed sought a mental health evaluation, the results of which were still pending.

Third, the notion of legal immunity for mentally ill murderers was a misconception.

According to national law regarding the criminal responsibility of special individuals, if a pers mental illness caused harm while unable to recognize or control their behavior, and this was contumed through legal procedures, they could be exempt from criminal liability.

However, they would be placed under strict guardianship by relatives or guardians for treatment, and if necessary, subjected to compulsory medical intervention by the government.

intermittent mental disorders, stating that if they committed a crime while of sound mind, they would be

have been lucid and in control during the attacks, mental illness would not shield him

justice. At least, that was how Winnie

was diagnosed with a mental disorder, he was unlikely

the victims would never allow him to use mental illness as a scapegoat for the trauma

if it meant spending money and pulling strings, Lyndon would likely be found

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also represented

his fate was being sealed even before

cats Lyndon had killed and thought of the tormented animal spirits that

address.

help the spirits of the Ghost Cats find peace, but Horace didn’t even ask why. In less than ten minutes, he sent her all the information she needed.

lips together, Winnie couldn’t help but call

I need his

hint of amusement, “Whatever

to teach the guy a lesson, he could help

and after telling Horace she could handle it herself, she hung

to the address Horace had provided a small suburban neighborhood. Lyndon’s house was already cordoned

Ghost Cats to an abandoned factory nearby. In a weed–choked corner, she found several

the broken bones that had been casually discarded and already

the spirits‘ anger from the

one who wronged you,” she whispered to the spectral

you enge,

spirits howled in agony, their anger swelled and they rapidly drifted toward a certain location in

station, Lyndon was waiting for his psychiatric report with a calm smile. The officer on duty, disgusted by his smirk,

about to

horrified, stared into the void as dozens of twisted black shadows screamed at him, and then one by

Lyndon felt the agony of their torture before death. It was as if his scalp was

always cut the cats‘ tongues first to keep them from bothering the neighbors. Now,