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.

stating that if they committed a crime while of sound mind, they would be held criminally

proven to have been lucid and in control during the attacks,

not a free pass from justice. At

with a mental disorder, he was unlikely to escape the law

mental illness as a scapegoat for the trauma and potential

Lyndon would likely be found guilty of committing the crimes in a sane

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also represented absolute power.

being sealed even before his psychiatric assessment

had killed and thought of the tormented animal spirits that

address.

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

couldn’t help but call him.

curious about what I

carried a hint of amusement, “Whatever you’re planning is

to teach the guy

with satisfaction, and after telling Horace she could handle it herself, she hung up.

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

Ghost Cats to an abandoned

Winnie’s eyes as she looked at the broken bones that had been casually discarded and already gnawed clean

the spirits‘ anger from the bones. With a surge of her own

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

you enge,

their anger swelled and they rapidly drifted toward

his psychiatric report with a

was about to lie down, his body

void as dozens of twisted black shadows screamed at him, and then one by one, they

forced its way in, Lyndon felt the agony of their torture before death. It was as if his scalp was being torn off, and he

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