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PostMon Apr 17, 2006 5:48 pm    

ummm....... the woman had a tumor for crying out loud. And it takes a lot less than 30 days in an institution for them to tell if you're genuinely insane or not. It takes them about a week. I've been there enough times to know how it works. I'm not saying what she did was right, but.... if she was mentally unstable... come on.....

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PostMon Apr 17, 2006 5:57 pm    

Of course it could also be argued that anyone who'd do such a thing could be ruled clinically unstable. No one in their "right mind" is going to harm anyone else. Much less a defenseless infant.


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PostMon Apr 17, 2006 9:06 pm    

Well, they didn't find Andrea Yates (or at least I think that's her name) insane, so there's clearly a system.

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PostTue Apr 18, 2006 3:52 am    

Theresa wrote:
Of course it could also be argued that anyone who'd do such a thing could be ruled clinically unstable. No one in their "right mind" is going to harm anyone else. Much less a defenseless infant.


No. You have some crimes driven by a motive or motives, and other crimes driven purely by an induviduals medical condition.


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PostTue Apr 18, 2006 3:54 am    

A failed system,she should have been executed too!What a horrible person she is along with any baby or child torturer or/and murderer.
THE DEATH PENALTY!


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PostTue Apr 18, 2006 4:20 am    

magenta wrote:
A failed system,she should have been executed too!What a horrible person she is along with any baby or child torturer or/and murderer.
THE DEATH PENALTY!


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THATS ALL I WILL SAY ON THE MATTER!


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PostTue Apr 18, 2006 5:40 pm    

PrankishSmart wrote:
Theresa wrote:
Of course it could also be argued that anyone who'd do such a thing could be ruled clinically unstable. No one in their "right mind" is going to harm anyone else. Much less a defenseless infant.


No. You have some crimes driven by a motive or motives, and other crimes driven purely by an induviduals medical condition.



Yes, then it's called temporary insanity. I'm not arguing there was something wrong with the woman, I'm just saying there are too many excuses made for people these days. Blame society, etc...



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PostTue Apr 18, 2006 5:42 pm    

Theresa wrote:
PrankishSmart wrote:
Theresa wrote:
Of course it could also be argued that anyone who'd do such a thing could be ruled clinically unstable. No one in their "right mind" is going to harm anyone else. Much less a defenseless infant.


No. You have some crimes driven by a motive or motives, and other crimes driven purely by an induviduals medical condition.



Yes, then it's called temporary insanity. I'm not arguing there was something wrong with the woman, I'm just saying there are too many excuses made for people these days. Blame society, etc...


Well said, in many cases, during the observatoin, the person is convenietnly, no longer insane thus, no punishment for the crime


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