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[Poll] What Sentence Would You Hand Down To Andrea Yates [Poll]

none of the above


life imprisonment as an insane criminal. She should serve life in either a prison for the mentally insane, or in a regular prison, should she respond to treatment.
 
Give her the death penalty. I'd have no problem flipping the switch. I'll agree she's insane, which is why we need to end her life before she hurts anyone else.
 
Life in a mental asylum.

She has serious mental problems. Throwing her in jail wont fix anything. Hopefully they can do some research on her and prevent any other mothers with the same type of depression on doing the same thing over again.
 
She's not mentally f'ing insane....she was with it enough to know what she had done and call her husband and the police. Her attorney is just using the whole insane ploy as a way to keep her out of the death chamber. I say let her die.....hopefully in an equally violent way as she killed her kids. Maybe find that bitch in Dallas that ran over the homeless guy and let him die while embedded in her windshield.
 
I am sorry, but I just don't think any mother, with all the emotional attachment going on, would ever kill a child when sane.
Of course, by Texas law definition (knowing right from wrong), the judgement of "life" may be substantiated.

I think she was insane, but legally sane.

It's just sad.
 
Death. No one does that and remembers the amount of detail she confessed to and claim instanity.

But I'm for giving the death penalty to Mentally Retarded people in most cases who murder as well.
 
I think what the lady did to the homeless man was equal to this type of crime.

But the only thing is, I doubt that nurse lady was insane or anything near it.

I hope they don't try to pull that ploy when it comes time for her trial.

I hope shes sent to the DP real fast. No if, ands, or buts.

I just think that figuring out what really went wrong with this lady could help other mothers out there who suffer the same type of problem.

She should rot in hell though for killing 5 innocent children.
 


<< I think what the lady did to the homeless man was equal to this type of crime.

But the only thing is, I doubt that nurse lady was insane or anything near it.

I hope they don't try to pull that ploy when it comes time for her trial.

I hope shes sent to the DP real fast. No if, ands, or buts.

I just think that figuring out what really went wrong with this lady could help other mothers out there who suffer the same type of problem.

She should rot in hell though for killing 5 innocent children. >>



Completly agree.
 
Yates clearly suffered from postpartum psychosis (0.1% of all pregnancies) and if she had an attentive husband, a good psychiatrist, and didn't already have 4 kids she would probably have gotten appropriate treatment and this tragedy would have been avoided.

States vary on the standards they use for determining criminal responsibility. Most use a derivation of the M'Naghten Test . . . while it is clear Yates understood the nature and quality of her act (she intended to drown her children and called the police b/c it is against the law) . . . she judged this act to be right b/c it was sparing her children damnation of growing up evil. In her mind, she had failed in raising them and the devil was already taking hold, so she reasoned it was better to send them to Jesus than give them up to the devil.

I've seen plenty of psychotic patients recover with appropriate treatment. And postpartum psychosis is one of the easiest to treat in part b/c the etiology is easily identified and patients that avoid pregnancy rarely have recurrence of psychosis after treatment.
 
So if I go waving a machine gun in a McDonalds and mow down 15 people, and I have a history of mental illness I should get off with some pills and a fruit drink for the rest of my life? Heck no, I'd deserve to fry for that crap.
 
Death. No one does that and remembers the amount of detail she confessed to and claim instanity.

Keep your ignorance to yourself. Memory has absolutely NOTHING to do with psychosis. If Satan visits for tea and crumpets and you remember that he always asks for two sugar cubes, doesn't clip his nose hair, and voted for Bush in 2000 does that make you sane?
 
But I'm for giving the death penalty to Mentally Retarded people in most cases who murder as well.

I'm opposed to the death penalty . . . surprise, surprise but if you mean hold MR people responsible for their actions I kinda agree. 85% of all people with MR have mild presentations (IQ 55-70) and are quite easily acculturated with appropriate resources. Another 10% is trainable but clearly cannot be held to the standards of even mild MR . . . and their training is incredibly expensive. Essentially all states with the exception of some North Atlantic fail to provide adequate resources. But assuming most people with MR that murder have mild MR . . . it is reasonable to believe they understood their actions and commited them volitionally.
 
IMO death is to good for her.... When you kill five children you dont have a excuse. Life with no chance of parol.
 
Death.... by drowning.

Poor attempt at humor. I am pro-death penalty but I don't know what would be accomplished by executing this woman.
 
So if I go waving a machine gun in a McDonalds and mow down 15 people, and I have a history of mental illness I should get off with some pills and a fruit drink for the rest of my life? Heck no, I'd deserve to fry for that crap.

In that case if you believe you deserve to fry; go cook yourself. 50% prevalence of suicide attempts amongst schizophrenics is not a statistical anomaly. The only difference between suicidal ideation and homicidal ideation is the subject of the aggression. And if you are in a state where you do not understand the nature of your acts or consequences then it is inappropriate to expect your actions to comply with particular legal statutes or social norms.

On a more important note, I would hope that if you have a history of mental illness; it would be IMPOSSIBLE for you to acquire any type of firearm or explosive.
 


<< Keep your ignorance to yourself. Memory has absolutely NOTHING to do with psychosis. If Satan visits for tea and crumpets and you remember that he always asks for two sugar cubes, doesn't clip his nose hair, and voted for Bush in 2000 does that make you sane? >>



BaliBabyDoc,

Please show us all the proof you have that people who are insane at the time remember the details of their crime.


Don't let this become the 4th thread in a row where you run away from an arguement with me.
 
The verdict has been reached....just gotta sit and wait for them to announce it

Breaking News on CNN right now
 
BigBabyDoc,

Its not like I care about your opinion anyway big baby. You've already run away from 3 threads I responded to you.

Hmm, I guess I should consider that an improvement over your ubiquitous 'Little Buddy' . . . I hate to break it to you Texmaster but I don't subscribe to threads b/c I don't have the time. And if a thread sinks into the doldrums of being a conversation between the two of us . . . hence, can't be found in the first couple of pages on ATOT . . . it's probably moot. Typically, I say something and you respond with "you're wrong" "your ignorance is laughable" "your naivete would be laughable if it wasn't so dangerous" . . . well, you probably wouldn't say naivete . . .

I have never intentionally ignored any intelligent response😉.
 
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