Andrea Yates verdict - huh?

[eppie]

And this would be bad for what reason? Do you think she deserves better? She killed FIVE KIDS! If she is "legitimately" insane, let's "legitimately" punish her. Hospital is not a punishment, unless it's one like in "One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest". People who get suffuciently drunk do not know what htey are doing either, but we punish them real good. This whole "not responsible for their action" crap, is one of the major resaons why crime these days is so rampant. Our society has excuses for pretty much everything these days.

Ashock, you should seperate what is a right 'punishment' in this case, and what would be right in general.

This case, seems quite clear. Completely mentalcase, no possibility of getting normal again, so we cannot let such a person free in society anymore. Apart form the question if she is so crazy she didn't realize what she did or whatever, euthenasia might be the best option here.

However, such things can of course never be made into laws. The putting to death of crazy people gives a government a fantastic tool to get rid of people they don't like. History showed us that these things will happen.