Andrea Yates found not gulity!

[Seattleallstar]

Just caught up on this thread, ive been occupied posting other garbage. I'll try to stop Frosty. Anyways,it is well known among the mental health community that Andrea Yates had a long documented history of schizophrenia before she ever drowned her children. She was also highly delusional at the time of the crime. This is not like the ****ing Twinkie defense, this is legitimate. I feel much better that her initial trial verdict of guilty is now modified. It isn't that she just had postpartum depression she had untreated schizophrenia. Postpartum depression is an afterthought. I don't think she should go free guys, but I do believe she is very different than most people who commit murder.

[somerfrost]

Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

Just caught up on this thread, ive been occupied posting other garbage. I'll try to stop Frosty. Anyways,it is well known among the mental health community that Andrea Yates had a long documented history of schizophrenia before she ever drowned her children. She was also highly delusional at the time of the crime. This is not like the ****ing Twinkie defense, this is legitimate. I feel much better that her initial trial verdict of guilty is now modified. It isn't that she just had postpartum depression she had untreated schizophrenia. Postpartum depression is an afterthought. I don't think she should go free guys, but I do believe she is very different than most people who commit murder.

I agree Jerry....we can't generalize simply because some people have used a bogus insanity defense in the past. Gotta remember the only reason it sometimes works is that the vast majority of the time, the symptoms are real!

[SentToStud]

I can't believe that a mother would kill her five children without truly being insane. Two things bother me about the case.... 1, If her custody had been challenged before the killings, I assume her legal strategy would have been much different and, ... 2, It's not hard to expect to see some abuse of this kind of defense.

Just tragic stuff. I trust the jury to have done the right thing.