Note I did not paste any of the many many CBC articles crying for pity for Vince Li.
Yeah it was not his fault but it wasn't Tim McLean's fault he got beheaded and partially eaten.
This case is a debated and discussed at length in the psych community. Would you not agree that for a person to decapitate another person and be a free person less than 9 years later is very unlikely. All events of incarceration, trial and treatment/imprisonment must align favorably for the accused before this would happen. This case as most of the world knows it does not seem logical, but does the general public know all the facts. What is known is that Vince Li was a educated person that could not find suitable work in Canada because he did not have Canadian qualifications. He was depressed and often wandered off on trips across Canada. On one of his trips he met Tim McLean and a female companion, both carnival workers. During the bus ride Vince Li decapitated Tim McLean for no apparent reason. The female companion runs off and turns herself in several days later accompanied by a lawyer.
During the trial Vince Li is treated with leniency by the judge, the police as well as the prosecution. Now less than 9 years after the event Vince Li has received an absolute discharge. Could it be that all the way down the line from the police, prosecutor, judge and psychiatrist there is information of this case that can not be told in open court? The questions have to be asked if Tim McLean was the author of his own misfortune, why did his female companion run off after the beheading, why did she need to turn herself in with a lawyer?
Vince Li was a depressed person that has never been violent an any way before or after the incident. It is speculation the he was dosed involuntarily with a drug that cause him to hallucinate. Some drugs leave the body quickly and can not be detected, so there is no evidence that Vince Li was dosed with a drug. Speculation can not be introduced in open court as evidence, but a judge can be biased into lenience if he reads a psychiatrist report suspecting the possibility that Li was involuntarily dosed with a drug.
For people that say this case does not make sense then maybe they do not know all the facts.