Truly, I think only an investigation would help in determining what he knew, what he did to help prevent anything from happening (if he did know what his wife may do), etc. Ignoring this because HE was not the one who killed the kids, would be wrong, I think. What about the parents who leave their young children alone all night and the house catches fire and they all die? The parents would be held responsible for negligence.....not for murder. The same could be said of an intruder coming into the house while the parents are gone all night (without having someone responsible supervising).......the intruder may kill a child, but would we not look at the parents as being culpable....the old "but for" argument could be brought in here too...."but for" the parents not leaving the children all alone, the children may not have been harmed...
Has anyone herebouts had any experience trying to get any American Court to sustain the involuntary treatment of psychotics at any time ins, say, these last thirty years?? Cain't do it ...
First,, the lefty libs gutted commitment and guardianship laws (Walden II & all -- schizophrenia just melts away with a bit of TLC ...), then the Scientologists & such kicked in (with WJC's curious authorization of them as a 'religion' contemporaneously with his harvest of their cash), then Managed Care defunded psychiatric care in America by 50% this past decade (in 1990 $$$).
Don't know (nor much care) about the oaffish Mr. Yates, but just try to get a loved one care against his or her stated preference ... it jess cain't be did no more!!