Posted on 01/17/2007 12:44:20 PM PST by Lunatic Fringe
(AP) SAN FRANCISCO A young mother who claimed she tossed her three young sons to their deaths in San Francisco Bay to send them to heaven was declared criminally insane Wednesday by a judge.
The ruling came a day after jurors found Lashuan Harris, 24, guilty of second-degree murder in the drownings of her three boys on Oct. 19, 2005.
Defense lawyers argued that Harris was schizophrenic and borderline mentally retarded and that she was convinced she was acting on orders from God when she plunged 6-year-old Trayshawn Harris, 2-year-old Taronta Greely Jr. and 16-month-old Joshua Greely into the bay.
Isn't "Taronta" a model of car?
Oh please...she's obviously mentally ill...
Mentally ill is not the same as insane.
Can you name one case where a man killed all his children and was declared insane? Seems to be happening a lot these days with women.
Every case is different. Men usually kill their children to get back at their spouse. That wasn't the case here. She's never going to see the light of day.
That's what they said about Lisa Diaz.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,228758,00.html
I'm sorry. You're right. I didn't read the whole article. She can see the light of day. Hopefully, that will not happen.
Ordinarilty I mock parents who give their children made-up nonsense names, but in this case I'm going to abstain. The story's just too sad for me to find any humor value in it.
Poor little kids.
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