thats bull she drowned her five kids and claimed post pardom. if you kill kids especially your own kids you should be punished severely at least i think. what is this world coming to?
2006-07-27 02:57:03 · 6 answers · asked by seldogone 2 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
It's the same reason we let off people who drive drunk and kill other drivers...we send them off with a lesser "negligent" homicide conviction. We have so many loopholes in our system of justice that anyone can pretty much do anything and find an easier way out There will always be an excuse other than the correct one: It's your own damn fault. No one forces you to kill your kids. If you loved them and knew you had a condition or something was "just not right", you get some help. If it was too many for her to handle, there's adoption or better yet, contraception. But to say the devil was telling her things, I really could care less. Satan throws temptation out there to everybody...with sex, money, opportunity, you name it...but we all have the right to say no. And I've actually heard some people say that her punishment is "...she'll have to live with it the rest of her life." The real point should be: SHE GETS THE CHANCE TO LIVE WITH IT...HER CHILDREN DON'T.
2006-07-27 04:09:35 · answer #1 · answered by AJ 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
That's a tough question, IMO. Personally, I'd count killing one's children as an insane act. A sane mother certainly wouldn't do that. It requires an impairment of some sort: mental, drug, or otherwise. And you can't really hold an insane person accountable for actions they committed while insane. You can take them into custody and compel them to be treated, but you can't blame and punish them. They didn't CHOOSE to do what they did...
Now, if she had been smoking crack or doing PCP or something and THEN killed her kids, I'd say yeah -- she needs to be punished. It's a decision that was made, and the result of that decision was the death of her children. Clear responsibility, even if it wasn't intended.
If, on the other hand, she actually DID have post-partem depression, well... that'll mess you up. There's no decision-making going on there. The person is at the mercy of the reactions going on inside their own body and mind, and often aren't even aware of it. Crazy people don't know that they're crazy.
I used to be one of those people who thought that insanity was at least slightly bogus, and that crazy people just needed to "snap out of it." I always thought they could make the decision to not be crazy. Then I worked 20 hour days/7 day weeks for about 6 years straight, and had a bit of a mental breakdown (brought on by stress and sleep deprivation over a long period of time). During that time, I didn't even have control over the words coming out of my mouth. I revealed secrets and said rude things to people without realizing or controlling it. Sometimes it was like observing myself from a detached space in my head, and being horrified by what I was saying or doing, but not able to stop myself from doing it. I very nearly killed myself at one point, I was so messed up.
Since then, I've changed careers, slept a lot more regularly, and taken care of myself (exercise, food, etc). My brain works again and I'm right back to normal, but I've never forgotten what it was like to be crazy for a while. It certainly changed my perspective, and I have a lot more sympathy for people who are trapped in the throes of insanity. It's not fun, and it's not something you can control.
People shouldn't be punished for things that are beyond their control. It would be like punishing people for having cancer or something...
On the other hand, if it could be shown that she WASN'T crazy and that she killed them to avoid paying their bills or because she wanted free time to hang out with her boyfriend or something, then yeah... lock her up for life (at least). Otherwise, I think some compassion for the mentally ill is warranted.
If you haven't been there, you don't know. Trust me.
2006-07-27 03:14:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-26 02:33:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I was King for a day, I would put an amendment in the constitution eliminating the insanity defense. Murder is murder!
2006-07-27 03:57:41 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree.
My point is that there is NO devil, NO satan...therefore, we cannot blame some thing or some one else for what WE do.
The only real devil here is Andrea herself.
SHE is the evil one.
2006-07-27 03:12:53 · answer #5 · answered by docscholl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was total bullsh*t...they should have sent her to jail..those other women would have taken care of her quick like!
2006-07-27 03:00:10 · answer #6 · answered by B-Dub 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋