Andrea Yates verdict - huh?

[pakman]

Ok, let's say she really is insane, so what? She killed 5 kids. Where is the punishment? Personally, I would have quartered her, but even if you don't believe in the death penalty, how can she *not* at least go to jail for life? Would jail rehabilitate her? Of course not. However, she would be *punished* for the rest of her life. Our justice system is a joke and this is a perfect example of that.

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He is a total POS too. Seems like no one placed any value on those poor kids. Instead of being devastated for the rest of his life, he seems like he is easily getting on with it. WTF??? He even visits his ex? Why is he not carrying a cleaver to those visits?

Well, I guess the sex was good, that's why he's going to visit her.

"We understand that she knew it was legally wrong," he said. "But in her delusional mind, in her severely mentally ill mind, we believe that she thought what she did was right."

That was taken from the article. Isn't that contradictory? If she knew it was legally wrong, but morally right, shouldn't the legal supercede the moral? Isn't that the case with law? It may not be ethical, per say, but it's still legal.

I agree with you, Ashock. It's deplorable what is going to happen. I mean she gets to sit in a hospital room watching tv and getting blood tests for a few years. Horrible treatment. </sarcasm> I think she should be locked away for life. They have to decide if she's a menace to society? Give me a break, she MURDERED 5 CHILDREN :angry:. How is murder no longer mean you're a menace? I guess kids don't count as people in the justice system between the ages of conception and 18, unless you kill a pregnant woman, then it counts as double homicide. I don't understand it. :wacko:

I guess the real punishment in this case is the hospital food. <_<