wow, Andrea Yates found guilty...

[manny78]

She has not gone through penalty phase yet- she will receive either life in prison or death (the later will take 8-11 years)

so my child (i dont have yet) will be able to watch the execution live on HBO ?

 

[ladymacbeth]

but, other question as asked before, does life in prison include only federal, non-nutjob prison?

Well, there goes all my fantasies about law school...

 

[Jimsbbc]

She may have been able to pull it off in California, but in Texas we don't let shit like that fly. She will most likely get the death penalty.


I think the three hour deliberation time says a ton about how the jurors felt on this Case.

 

[dimitrios]

so my child (i dont have yet) will be able to watch the execution live on HBO ?

Back to my post a few days ago about Public Exacution

 

[ladymacbeth]

so what about it people, I can't find this anywhere online. Can she get nutjob prison? Or is it just federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison?

 

[KEL]

so my child (i dont have yet) will be able to watch the execution live on HBO ?

Perhaps.

does life in prison include only federal, non-nutjob prison?

I'm guessing it's federal

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,47694,00.html

 

[ladymacbeth]

Perhaps.


I'm guessing it's federal

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,47694,00.html

Thanks KEL, but Fox News? Damn girl...they suck.

Just teasing

 

[Enrico]

so what about it people, I can't find this anywhere online. Can she get nutjob prison? Or is it just federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison?

LOL--wouldn't they need strap ons to do that in a women's prison? I don't think she would go to a mental facility, since they found her competent to stand trial. I'm not sure though. I hope she gets life in prison without the possibility of parole. What she did was really horrific, and I don't buy the postpartum psychosis crap for a second. I think her husband is a nut as well though.

 

[ladymacbeth]

Yeah, I do agree that her husband was a true nut. Anybody else think this? He was sooo supportive right after it all happened, I remember a press conference with him around that time, and he was really calm and sympathetic towards her. What's going on there?

 

[SofaGeorge]

Yeah, I do agree that her husband was a true nut. Anybody else think this? He was sooo supportive right after it all happened, I remember a press conference with him around that time, and he was really calm and sympathetic towards her. What's going on there?

My guess, honestly, is his response was part shock and part knowledge. He knew she was having psychotic episodes. He knew she exhibited psychotic behavior. Couple a person living in that kind of environement ("caretaker syndrome") with the shock of having your five children brutally murdered... and his press conference behavior isn't overly surprising.

I wasn't overly surprised by the verdict. I followed the case closely and it has been apparent for a while that she did not remotely meet the criteria for a not guilty be reason of insanity verdict. Don't get me wrong... she is obviously a whack job... but in her case it is not a supportable defense.

She can be sent to a mental institution, but it is unlikely. We have plenty of mentally ill people in prison... and the state's primary concern with her is going to be incarceration... not treatment. She can get all the psych meds and three squares she needs in a 5x7 foot cell.