[Ipberg]

I'm surprised. I thought the Texas jury would hand down a death sentence. If it was a Texan father who killed the kids, you better believe that's the verdict. There's a double standard even in Texas.

[goldstategop]

Well people have always had a softer view of women and their cupability. They are supposed to be the weaker sex after all.

[xJones]

I'm surprised. I thought the Texas jury would hand down a death sentence.

In Texas, the jury would have to find that she constitutes a future danger to others around her. She wouldn't be a danger unless she had more kids and with 40 years definite and no conjugal visits allowed, that's highly unlikely. The jury's verdict was predictable, given the Texas requirements for the death penalty.

[dougherty]

I thought the Texas jury would hand down a death sentence. If it was a Texan father who killed the kids, you better believe that's the verdict. There's a double standard even in Texas.

You better believe there is a double standard even here in Texas. If the roles were reversed the father would be heading to Death Row, and the mother would have all the sympathy in the world. In reality, we have the murdering mother getting life and sympathy and the father being demonized. Life is just not fair, even in Texas.