2006-07-26 06:04:51 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
In my opinion, the not guilty by reason of insanity verdict is the correct verdict. Andrea Yates has had a long history of psychosis and other mental problems. It's not as if she just suddenly "snapped" one day and decided to kill her children.
Now that this verdict is in, hopefully she can get the help she should have gotten all along. It's a tragedy that it took the deaths of those 5 innocent lives in order for her to get correct medical treatment.
She had shown signs before the day she killed the children, yet those around her chose to ignore or minimize her problems. When her brother told Rusty (Andrea's idiot husband) that he was concerned about Andrea, Rusty said that Andrea just needed to pull herself up by her beltstraps and do better.
For someone with mental illness, you cannot just "pull yourself up" and be better. It takes medication and possible therapy.
Andrea showed many signs of injuring herseIf and the children before the day she killed the kids. Rusty ignored those signs, and refused to put her on medication. She had a mental illness and couldn't take care of herself. As her husband, HE HAD AN OBLIGATION TO GET HELP FOR HER IF SHE WAS INCAPABLE OF GETTING THAT HELP!
2006-07-27 03:55:58 · answer #1 · answered by Mama Pastafarian 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, she is guilty, but insane, the differance being that she will spend the rest of her life in a hospital, prison or setting her free is not the answer.
2006-07-26 06:09:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
does it matter?she should never walk free again.There should be a basic maternal instinct to protect your children at all times against all things. And to be able to overcome that most powerful force in nature (a mothers protectiveness) and hold your children under water while each little body fought for their lives, she must be so defective that she couldn't possibly benefit society without extreme supervision. She will be a ward of the state wether in the pen or nuthouse for life
2006-07-26 06:17:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, insanity defense is stupid. Obviously anyone who commits a heinous crime is insane, so how do you decide which ones need to pay for their crimes and which ones dont.
I think she should rot in prison, she killed her own children and now is trying to get off from doing it, well i guess she did get off.
they need to sterilize her right away if she isnt already so she cant have anymore children.
2006-07-26 06:10:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Insane or not people need to be responsible for their actions.
2006-07-26 06:06:58 · answer #5 · answered by irishharpist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is why I like "The Punisher" movie. He says something along the lines of he doesn't judge, he just arranges the meeting.
2006-07-26 06:09:20 · answer #6 · answered by t79a 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hell no I dont agree, she should have been given the needle. No one can kill all five of their kids and not know what they are doing
2006-07-26 06:09:30 · answer #7 · answered by Texas_at_its_best 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe she was and is insane.
2006-07-26 06:09:48 · answer #8 · answered by hyacinthe430 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure I agree on this one......I hope she never gets out wherever she's going.
2006-07-26 06:09:06 · answer #9 · answered by guatemama 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do agree... no sane person could have done what she did. no sane mother!
2006-07-26 06:07:16 · answer #10 · answered by Debra H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋