Yates' Conviction Overturned

[irishgrl]

here in CA, beginning Jan 1, women who have already been convicted of abuse/ murder/manslaughter of their significant others are allowed to bring in evidence of Battered Women's syndrome and have it considered in overturning a conviction or reducing a sentence...and its about stinkin time I say. Women have gotten short shrift in this country far too long.

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by Kelly

Actually he did not fabricate the episode of Law and Order. He had been hired as a consultant and worked on the episode in question, BUT it had not aired on June 20th. It did not air until after she had killed her babies so she could not have seen it and hatched this plan from the show. It was a pretty stupid mistake for him to make.

Oh, okay. Thanks for clarifying that, Kelly.

[paleshadow]

Originally Posted by Sorceress

I get so angry at the husband when I think about this case. He most definitely deserves a lion's share of the responsiblity for the crime for refusing to allow her to follow her doctor's advice or get the treatment she needed.
I was appalled when she was convicted. How anyone could think she did this as a well person is beyond me.
The insanity defense is real. I've worked with people who have killed while untreated for their mental illnesses and are now properly medicated. The guilt most of them feel is terrible and unexcapable. I can't imagine what Andrea Yates has to live with when she thinks about her babies and what she did.

Who knows how she feels about what she did. I wonder how her children felt when they were looking up as the person who they probably had the most trust and love for in the world held them under water, one at a time, and drowned them.

[Jessica Leigh]

Originally Posted by GypsySorcerer

I agree on all counts, Jill. When will this country take women's health issues seriously?

when men bleed for a week out of every month- when men are temporarily crippled from severe cramps- when men squeeze a watermelon out of a hole the size of a lemon- when men have raging hormones that make them go from happy to angry to depressed within 10 minutes....

that's when these things are going to be taken seriously.

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by Jessica Leigh

when men bleed for a week out of every month- when men are temporarily crippled from severe cramps- when men squeeze a watermelon out of a hole the size of a lemon- when men have raging hormones that make them go from happy to angry to depressed within 10 minutes....

that's when these things are going to be taken seriously.

Right on sistah. So, that would be never right?

Yates's husband should be horsewhipped for his negligence. It makes me so mad!!

[GypsySorcerer]

Originally Posted by Jessica Leigh

when men bleed for a week out of every month- when men are temporarily crippled from severe cramps- when men squeeze a watermelon out of a hole the size of a lemon- when men have raging hormones that make them go from happy to angry to depressed within 10 minutes....

that's when these things are going to be taken seriously.

If men had periods, they'd have a week of vacation every month.

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by GypsySorcerer

If men had periods, they'd have a week of vacation every month.

I'm waiting for one of the guys to come on this thread and argue with our assertions.