My take hasn't been on minorities, but with men. Any man who killed their 5 kids for ANY reason would be on death row. There wouldn't even be a question about it. And men get manipulated by their wives just as much, if not more than women do. While I do believe the woman needed help, she lost that priveledge when she killed the children. A life sentence made the most sense to me. This woman should never be in society again, regardless of how much drugs "cure" her. I think post-partum depression is real. I also don't see women killing their kids as a result of it. Therefore, it shouldn't even be a defense.
This is just right. She was totally delusional and psychotic, hearing voices and thinking it was Satan etc. Why can't people understand this?
great now we are gona have a couple more mothers getting rid of their children, then plead insane saying that god made them do it.
yeah, i'm sure mothers across the country are relieved today with this decision so they can finally drown their children.
Max, I know criminal law isn't your forte, but can you confirm the following? I remember, vaguely, taking a class on the criminal mind through a psychological focus. Our professor, a criminal psychologist (is that the right name?), argued that the use of the insanity plea actually makes up a small percentage of plea's and or a successful defense. She went on to say that Hollywood and Network dramas have elevated the plea of insanity to our Urban Legend dialogue as a wacky legal loophole that allows "slimy" defense lawyers to get hardened killers off the hook. Agree, disagree?
Man please this woman knew what she was doing.I don't buy that satan crap.She should be put in jail .So the woman that gave her kid to much cough syrup was put in jail so should yates.
Yeah, the insanity plea rarely works as a defense in murder cases, I think % of successful ones are extremely low
Can someone provide me with a link that says that no man has ever been "not guilty by reason of insanity"? TIA.
So you know more than the medical doctors that testified? Or are you just talking out your completely ignorant ass?
I don't give a siht how crazy she is, hospital life is too good for her, the relationships she will undoubtedly develope while in hospital she doesn't deserve. Throw her in a hole and let her waste away until she's dead, it sickens me that some people have more compassion for a monster like this than someone like Terri Schiavo for instance.
That is what I tought, but the general perception is that it is some golden ticket, a stay-off-of-deathrow-free card...
just more of the same ole same Status Quo has been upheld Rocket River . . . I knew she would get off I was shocked by the 1st trial this one just pissed me off
