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.

of individuals with intermittent mental disorders, stating that if they committed a crime

lucid and in control during the attacks, mental illness would not shield him from facing

not a free pass from justice. At least, that

disorder, he was unlikely to escape the law easily.

to use mental illness as a scapegoat for the

would likely be found guilty of committing

did

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times, it also

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

number of cats Lyndon had killed and thought of the tormented

address.

that she was going to help the spirits of the Ghost Cats find peace, but Horace didn’t even ask

couldn’t help but call

about what I need his

Horace’s voice carried a hint of amusement,

to teach the guy a lesson, he could

and after telling Horace

Horace had provided a small suburban neighborhood. Lyndon’s house was already cordoned off

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

looked at the broken bones that had been casually discarded

to bury them in an open space, Winnie pulled out her Charms, drawing the spirits‘ anger from the bones.

the one who wronged you,” she whispered to the spectral felines, “Once you’ve had

you enge,

in agony, their anger swelled

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

about to lie down,

as dozens of twisted black shadows screamed

Cat that forced its way in, Lyndon felt the agony of their torture before death. It was as

of it, he always cut the cats‘ tongues first to keep them from bothering the neighbors. Now, it felt like his own tongue had been sliced off.