No sane mother could kill all of her five children. An insane one could....
Those who have never dealt with major depression have no idea how they would react if they were dealing with it.
My heart aches for the children, but I cannot believe that she was able to control her actions. Even her husband admits that she was severely depressed.
Depression, left untreated, has caused many major crimes... and until we remove the stigma of mental illness being something to be ashamed of, we will continue to have tragedies like this.
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Originally posted by Nubian:
Recently a Houston mother, Andrea Yates killed all FIVE of her children by drowning them. I'm sure many of you have heard about this sad story and are shocked by it; recently it was revealed that her lawyers will enter an insanity plea. We have an ongoing debate in my house as to whether she was coherent at the time and should be held accountable or if she was truly insane.
My mother (bleeding heart) thinks she went crazy and had no control over her actions.
My stepdad and I believe she was aware of her actions (It takes a while to drown 5 children, and she chased one of them down to kill him) and should be held fully accountable for them.
What do you think?
Tamika
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