Posted on 07/26/2006 9:35:01 AM PDT by cajunman
Fox reported that once her doctors say she can be released, she merely has to apply to a judge to be free again. I expect within five years she will be walking among us again.
Just this one. It only applies to people who have sanity problems, as Andrea did.
Stop stressing yourself, eh? You can't comprehend the reason behind something like this so quit trying.
She won't be free. This is Texas... she can look forward to a lifetime of generic anti-psychotic drugs and sub-par mental health treatment.
Agreed.
Could you please FReepmail me, too?
This is a travesty and I am ashamed that a Texas jury did this.
That woman was sane enough to kill her children while her husband was at work. She was sane enough to fill the tub with water. Sane enough to pull one child into the bathroom at a time and CLOSE THE DOOR so the others wouldn't be able to defend. She was sane enough to call the police and her husband afterward saying "I've done something awful". she's not insane. disgusting.
There is a school of thought that says all humans are good. Evil must occur in a state of insanity. I think the replies on this thread speaks volumes.
If it were up to me she'd be relieved of life. I understands the technique cures mental illness as the process runs its course.
1. I think this woman was and is about as insane as one can get. As long as she never sees the light of a free day again, I'm not all that outraged by this verdict. My only concern is that she may, at some point, see the light of a free day again.
2. Some have said there needs to be a means of finding someone "guilty but insane." I actually agree with that. However, there is no means of doing that under current law in any state that I'm aware of. If this spurs a change, super, I'll be there campaigning for it. But this was the only option for ajudicating her insane, which again I think she is, that the jury had.
3. I see that some folks here understand the fact that her husband doesn't have completely clean hands in the overall situation. From what I've seen of him, I've never thought he was playing with a 52-card deck either. Living with someone for that long, he had to have known that something wasn't right, but he remained on this mission to be fruitful and multiply. From his reaction in the courtroom, I wouldn't be surprised that if this poor wretch ever does get out of the mental ward, he didn't try to plant his seed in her again.
It is a horrible situation anyway you look at it, but this was the best most just solution to it.
Absolutely. No matter what kind of blood lust is going on in here, she was a sick woman and needs treatment. It's not like she's ever going to walk free, anyway.
Nope. Hinckley never got out until decades later. His mental state was irrelevant. Politics counts for a lot in cases this high-profile and there's too much politics in this one. She'll be there forever. The other thing is, I doubt she will ever be well anyway. She just needs justice. Today she got it.
"Guilty by reason of insanity"
There is no such concept in Texas law. This is why it was not an option for the jury.
So far, efforts to get the Texas legislature to add this kind of verdict have failed.
She murdered her children.
But her kids didn't get it.
Thanks for the unexpected laugh ;^D
Post Abortion Syndrome. Let's just hope she gets locked up for at least the same period of time as John Hinkley Jr.
Saying the same thing on Court TV...she can go to school, go shopping...etc....she'll be out in a few years I'm betting..
I agree with both of you. And, there is a lot of blood lust on the Free Republic forums.
If she were sane she would kill herself. She'll be on suicide watch for the rest of her life. She will be a self-loathing and loathed-by-all monster for the rest of her life, pumped so full of drugs that she probably does not even know who she is. Don't hate her. Just shudder at the grace and mercy of God who could impose a such a living hell on everyone who deserves it, yet does not.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.