Posted by beardedlady on March 12, 2002, at 18:59:22
In reply to Re: About Andrea......trouble, posted by Gracie2 on March 12, 2002, at 18:46:25
There's nothing upstanding about dear old dad. He knew she was going to do it because she told him and his mother that she'd do it one day. That's why she called him at work after the drownings and said, "I finally did it." Her husband thought having more babies would cure her. He was about to get her pregnant again.
She had been psychotic for a long time and was on and off a variety of meds, so I don't think we can deny her mental illness. What we're looking at, though, is whether that's a good excuse for her heinous crimes.
Look, I think you can be both insane and aware that you are doing something wrong. But the jury found her guilty, so I guess the argument is now moot.
beardy : )>
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