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Playing Devil's Advocate
I completely understand the negative attitudes towards Andrea Yates. BUT, NO mother in their RIGHT state of mind would kill her kids. I'm still young and I have no kids but has anyone in this forum suffered from mental illness? Mental illness is when people do irrational things that we NORMALLY wouldn't do! So if we know that this woman is crazy and her mental state is highly questionable why are we holding her fully accountable for her actions?
"She had been mentally ill for at least two years before the murders, twice attempting suicide and four times being treated in a mental hospital, experts testified"
- Associated Press
But that brings me to question if her doctor did know that she was mentally unstable (knowing how Houston has a track record for mothers that kill their kids). Why did these innocent children remain in her care??
I feel that this woman's doctor should also be placed of trial because he/she could have prevented this travesty
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