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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk
I don't get it...
Seriously though, you should read some of the posts on this subject on the AOL site. Or rather, you shouldn't subject yourself. That place really attracts the lowest common denominator...
I think it was the right decision, too.
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Some folks just want their pound of flesh disguised as justice! This was a trial that never should have happened...after the retrial was ordered (on the grounds that one of the prosecution witnesses lied on the stand by the way), the defense offered a plea bargain where she would be committed to a mental health facility for life...exactly what the jury decided! The prosecutor, with plenty of public support and a lot of crap about "remember the poor children" went ahead with the costly sham...hopefully he will be held accountable and asked why??? The woman is responsible for what she did...and she will be held in a place where she can get appropriate treatment. As she becomes more aware of reality, the pain of her acts will hardly seem like she's "getting off easy"...as she recovers (if she does), she will live with the unimaginable pain of killing her kids. This was a woman with a history of severe depression...the fact that there were inadequate MH services to provide her with the help she needed (and ultimately to provide for the safety of her family) is a failure of society to understand the reality of mental illness and the failure of a health care system that is becoming more and more inaccessible to those without significant means...if we are gonna limit medical care to the rich, we cannot call ourselves a compassionate and advanced society!