Update: Murderer on Greyhound Bus fit to stand trial

[Catty1]

Well...better to have him stand trial and maybe have some answers for the family and friends than to just send him away with no investigation.

I don't know details of how this decision is made...I think it includes an ability to distinguish right from wrong, and real from unreal.

Prayers for both families.

[king2005]

To be honest it doesn't matter if is in fit or not, talks or not, becuase what he did was so barberic there is no way to make it right period. Which is the really sad part

[Catty1]

Here's part of what Terry's mom said:

The mother of a Manitoba man who was brutally killed on a Greyhound bus this summer says it is "not acceptable" that the man charged in her son's death could be found not criminally responsible, and be put in an institution rather than receive a prison sentence.


Carol De Delley, whose 22-year-old son, Tim McLean, was killed on a Greyhound bus near Portage la Prairie, Man., in July, is trying to raise awareness about the case. (CBC)

In an exclusive interview with CBC News, Tim McLean's mother, Carol de Delley, said she's worried about the outcome of the case involving Vince Li, who has been charged with second-degree murder.

"The question has become: treatment or punishment? I think it needs to be both," she said.

Rest of story is here: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/st...de-delley.html

[jennielynn1970]

I guess that's part of what I mean... like, how do you punish someone who did something like that, when you know there is probably something mentally wrong with him, YET, you know what he did is so heinous, so unforgivable. How do you get a punishment to fit THAT crime?!

[Catty1]

The good news - if he is sent to a psychiatric facility, he gets assessed once a year. But he does NOT get to apply for parole.

Lesser of two evils, I guess.