2006-07-26 18:19:39 · 5 answers · asked by cottoncandyn2000 3 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.
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.
Rusty refused to allow Andrea to get the help she needed. He wanted to live in a converted school bus instead of in a house, even though they had 5 children! He insisted that they follow the teachings of a cult leader who had very strange ideas about the world.
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!
I think Rusty Yates should be prosecuted for child endangerment since he left his children alone with a woman who obviously was unable to care for them. He's more guilty than Andrea.
2006-07-27 03:23:08 · answer #1 · answered by Mama Pastafarian 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am happy for her. I hope she gets the help she needs. From the mounds of documentation supplied at the first trial, it was obvious that she was suffering from post partum psychosis. She never should have been found guilty in the first place. It was the media circus that inflamed conditions for her first trial and caused the sentence she received. Now there has been enough outrage and education about post partum psychosis that the correct outcome was possible. I sincerely hope she can get the help she needs.
2006-07-27 01:53:15 · answer #2 · answered by Peace Pup 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
But shouldn't something have been done to her husband who allowed her to get in such a mental state.. almost as if he were a co-conspirator.
2006-07-27 02:16:20 · answer #3 · answered by Nanette B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope she get's the help she needs.
2006-07-27 01:23:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As expected.
2006-07-27 01:31:14 · answer #5 · answered by LORD Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋