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.

addressed the case of individuals with intermittent mental disorders, stating that if they committed a crime while

Lyndon had proven to have been lucid and in control during the attacks, mental illness would not shield him from facing the

pass from justice. At least,

disorder,

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

if it meant spending money and pulling strings, Lyndon would likely be found guilty of committing the crimes

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times, it also represented absolute power.

oblivious that his fate was being sealed even before his psychiatric assessment was

police report on the number of cats Lyndon had killed and thought of the tormented animal spirits that must

address.

she was going to 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.

Winnie couldn’t

what I

a hint of amusement, “Whatever you’re planning is fine by me.”

guy

curled with satisfaction, and after telling Horace she

to the address Horace had provided a small suburban neighborhood. Lyndon’s

to an abandoned factory nearby. In a

that had been casually discarded and already

anger from the bones. With a surge of her own energy, she solidified the formless resentment into several twisted Ghost Cats.

spectral felines, “Once you’ve had move on

you enge,

swelled and they rapidly drifted toward

psychiatric report with a calm smile. The officer on duty, disgusted by his smirk, stepped

position and was about to lie down, his body suddenly convulsed violently.

and horrified, stared into the void as dozens of twisted black shadows screamed at

their torture before death. It was as if

cats‘ tongues first to keep them from bothering the neighbors. Now, it felt like his own