Yates not guilty

Forget about it.

You might as well be talking quantum physics to these guys.

They probably don't even realise that their concept of justice--as limited as it is--is right up their with countries that they probably desplise: Saudi Arabia, Iran and China.

 

I think everyone here agrees that the best way to honor the kids is to let their POS mother go free

 

In the end, what does it really matter?

Whether it's in prison, in a mental hospital, or as a pariah in the unlikely event she ever is released . . . she will not spend one truly happy day on earth for the rest of her life.

 

You forgot Canada, Czar

 

I'm a supporter of capital punishment, but never for the mentally ill.

HC is completely right. There is a huge difference between psychopaths and someone who is suffering from depression.

Psychopaths are not treatable. Not ever.

I'm torn on the Andrea Yates thing. I'm not sure if I'd ever want her walking the streets again, purely because after she got over the depression she has to face the reality that she killed five children -- her own. If that isn't enough to drive someone crazy I don't know what is.

Then again I'm not sure she should be institutionalized either. The conditions in most state-run asylums are inhumane at best.

I've argued this on the board before -- there is a ton of evidence in that case to suggest reasonable doubt. Massive bruising on the arms, stuff like that. And it later came out that a forensic guy for the prosecution was a drunk who had a tendency to make mistakes and even fix cases.

 

Maybe you've watched a court scene on a TV show or movie before and heard them talk about whether or not the accused could distinguish between right and wrong. Funny thing here, that's not something that's just made up for TV shows and movies. They actually use that qualifier in real life court. They've been doing so for quite some time now.

You see, a long, long time ago, people much smarter than you and I decided that a person who is insane and has no idea what they're doing when they commit a crime shouldn't be treated the same as a person who knows full well that what they're doing is wrong but does it anyway. I'm guessing most of those smart guys would agree that a mother who thought she was doing her five kids a favor by drowning them would fall into the former, what with the history of mental problems, the testimony from dozens of doctors, including one hired by the freakin' prosecution, and just general common sense.

Now, you can continue to jump up and down and bang around on that keyboard trying to convince us all that the poster known as This is Public Tap is some sorta macho hardass, but you'll be just as wrong with all of those posts as you have been with your others on this thread.

 

What's right and wrong to a psychopath is opposite what it is for us, too.

How can that be debatable?

 

It's not debatable. You're wrong. In so many, many ways.

If you want more information, go look it up somewhere. The web's a wonderful place that provides tons of useful information. Take advantage of it.

Or ... you could just continue to post this dumb shit.

 

I'm sure you're right.

But this is a crime I cannot excuse... no matter the reason. Slow, methodical, personal quintuple homicide of defenseless children.

It just comes down to that for me.

Yes, I hate Rusty Yates, too.

 

Why the hell do you hate Rusty Yates? The hell did he do? His wife wasn't well and he took her to the doctor, got her some help and the doctors, thinking she was better, removed her from her meds. Can't blame ol' Russ for that. Plus, I think maybe, just maybe, the guy's been through enough. Call me crazy, but when a guy's insane wife drowns his five kids, I tend to give him a bit of a pass.

It can't simply come down to the action in this case. The laws in this country and basic reasoning dictate that. The world, no matter how much you'd like it to be, isn't black and white, and things often don't end with what's right and wrong. What you're advocating here is the destruction of a sixth life in this. And make no mistake about it, when healthy and with a clear mind, Andrea Yates is just as innocent as those kids, and I suspect she's even more horrified by what happened than you.

 

And knocked her up for the straw that broke the camel's back... No. 5.

You are aware of this.