while he was sleeping
I'm sure most have you have heard about Tim McLean by now, the young man who was stabbed while sleeping on the Greyhound and eventually beheaded before the sick psycho commiting this heinous act decided he was finished.
This has been primarily touted as a random act of violence, landing Vince Weiguang Li a charge of second degree murder, but I'm inclined to believe this was totally premeditated, and the only thing random about it was which poor soul would fall victim to his fantasy. Elsewise, why would the sick SOB have been carrying a frickin' Rambo knife on him in the first place?
He should be charged with first degree murder. This is one of those times when I think our justice system is a failure, when I think capital punishment isn't such a bad idea, and I contemplate what kind of legacy we're leaving behind for our children.
This has been primarily touted as a random act of violence, landing Vince Weiguang Li a charge of second degree murder, but I'm inclined to believe this was totally premeditated, and the only thing random about it was which poor soul would fall victim to his fantasy. Elsewise, why would the sick SOB have been carrying a frickin' Rambo knife on him in the first place?
He should be charged with first degree murder. This is one of those times when I think our justice system is a failure, when I think capital punishment isn't such a bad idea, and I contemplate what kind of legacy we're leaving behind for our children.
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I rememember seeing a mentally ill man in the ER years ago bothering nurses and I wondered why he was out on the streets, not long after that the same man pushed someone infront of a train at the uni lrt station.
You know, I really don't think capital punishment is OK - the whole concept of eye for an eye is really equivalent to two wrongs don't make a right at the end of the day. It just seems that a life in prison is insufficient in some cases. I don't know what more can or should be done - I have no idea - I just know that it makes my head spin to think that could have been my son. Or yours. Or your fiance. Or your brother. Mind boggling. Heart breaking. Sickening.
If not a beheading then certainly a life sentence to a psych facility.
I'm still on blog vacation but thought I would check up on a couple of blog friends. Chat at you in a couple of weeks.
And yes, Li has asked to die. I don't know if justice would be served by putting him out of his misery. I'm honestly so unsettled by the entire thing I'm to the point where I don't have an opinion anymore, because every opinion I form contradicts with itself.