Unbelievable.
Democrats get power... insanity follows.
3 years for killing your own children. Wow, I am stunned.
Local broadcast also had story right before it about a female teacher's aide arrested for having sex with a 14 y.o. student and the laughable claim that she'd face up to 20 years in prison. Right. Women get counseling, a slap on the wrist, and a Lifetime Channel movie of the week.
Good. Now it might get enough attention to be changed to "Guilty but insane". Get treatment, but if you "recover" then you go on to prison.
Yeah, a friggin' miracle.
just three years after killing her two young daughters.
just three years after killing her two young daughters.
just three years after killing her two young daughters.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
Yes, she recovered as soon as she realized she wouldn't go to jail. This disgusts me more than I can express.
Just eliminate the insanity defense altogether. Why should a nutcase be rewarded? All it does is encourage criminals to go find a friendly shrink who will phony up some twinkie defense in exchange for a few bucks.
This is justice? I don't think so. This stinks.
Just wait for Andrea Yates to be released. The Houston Chronicle did a horrible job of explaining this. They kept saying that she needed to be treated for the rest of her life after being found not guilty by reason of insanity. However, the standard is as soon as she is no longer insane and no longer a threat she will be released. I look for that to be soon.
So what's the big deal... Most women who kill their babies are not even charged.
It's no different for me if they killed them before they were born or after.
THIS is the value our society has placed on our children, both the unborn and born. Had she just butchered them upon delivery, no charges at all. At least she got some kind of punishment. THAT is what shocked me most actually.
But hey... these crazy Texas women will be in a mental hospital, and they won't be getting out for YEARS!
yeah, right...
She should never see the light of day.
Please tell me they sterilized this woman. Her and Andrea Yates can be buddies in HELL.
Boy... there sure is a lot of (uninformed I fear) judgmental talk going on with this. There IS such a thing as being insane and if you look into this case you will probably agree that she was indeed, insane.... big time.
Personally I think it appears (not passing judgment... wasn't a juror and am not GOD) that the case was handled properly. Those kids are with Jesus... and that mother is well enough to realize what she had done and now she has to live with that for a long time perhaps.
Jesus didn't scold people for having evil spirits... he just helped them and told them to sin no more. I think (myself included because I am very judgmental at times too) we can all learn a lot from Jesus AND this situation.
I found a lot of information I felt was impartial in this article.
http://www.dallasobserver.com/Issues/2005-01-20/news/feature.html