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According to a 1999 ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada, a review board must order an absolute discharge if a person doesn't pose a significant threat to public safety.
(John Woods/Canadian Press) Vince Li, the man who was found not criminally responsible for beheading a man on a Greyhound bus in 2008, has been granted an absolute discharge.
Vince Li OK'd to move to Winnipeg group home. Vince Li could get absolute discharge.
Matt Logan, a former RCMP officer and forensic psychologist, said he thinks Baker's absolute discharge isn't in the public interest. He said he would have preferred to see a conditional discharge that included requirements for Baker's continued surveillance by mental health professionals.
Gay rights activist Raymond Taavel is remembered in a Facebook tribute. (Facebook)
Capital Health, the health authority that runs the hospital, has launched an internal review into the matter.