[bigfootbob]

Get the rope.

[Rummyfan]

Lynn Giovanni showed no signs of remorse and did not speak in her defense, leaving it to her lawyer, Peter Liguori, to explain that she entertained homicidal thoughts, had severe bouts of depression, suf fered from lupus and was mentally and physically unable to take care of Nicole.

Can't-take-care-of-her-so-I-have-to-kill-her defense?

But the victim's siblings said the murder of their sister by her mother is unfathomable and unforgivable.

Yeah, me too.

[mad puppy]

Just keep her properly medicated so she can fully contemplate what she did. Just keep her locked up too.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

She deserves sympathy -- she lost her daughter.

Isn't that how these things usually go?

[wideawake]

"Maybe with proper treatment this tragedy, this terrible thing would not have occurred," Liguori said.

How do lawyers get such bad reputations?

[GrandEagle]

"Nothing allowed you to visit your demons on your daughter," said Judge Moynihan as he passed sentence in the packed Elizabeth courtroom. "Her life was not yours to take. Your job was to nurture her through her teenage years.
At least there is ONE deicent judge left on the bench!

She should have just moved to Florida and starved her to death. Apparently (Terri Schiavo), in Florida is IS your life to take...