Andrea Yeates found not guilty

aspenblue1 wrote: by reason of insanity for killing her children.
The article

luvbug00 replied: This makes me sick.

TheOaf66 replied: a load of you know what such a cop out defense, there is a big flaw in our justice system right there

AlexsPajamaMama replied:

redchief replied: Her ex has been on TV all afternoon applauding the verdict.

Cece00 replied: That is sick. I think despite her insanity, she did know what she was doing was wrong. The jury should be ashamed. I hope that she will be remanded to a place for the mentally ill FOREVER, and either kept there once she gets better OR tried again once she is mentally stable. Either way, she should be sterilized, and never let out into society again.

MommyToAshley replied: I think the verdict should be guilty by reason of insanity. I don't doubt for a minute that she was insane... who could drown their own kids and not be insane??? But, I don't think that makes her innocent. She should still serve a life sentence but maybe that involves psychiatric treatment as well.

Boo&BugsMom replied: I think her husband should also be held accountable for her MURDEROUS acts because he told her she didn't need mental help and went agianst the advice of her doctors!

This whole situation makes me ill! Those poor children! How is justice served in all this!? How on Earth can she serve any kind of good purpose on God's green Earth after this? She better sit in the mental hospital for the rest of her life!

I don't think mental insanity should be able to be used as an excuse to be found innocent!!! EVER! She still did it, regardless if she was insane or not!

stella6979 replied: Oh, what I wouldn't give to hold her head under water and watch her fight for her life.
I read this entire case at courttv.com and it makes me sick. Did you know the last words out of the eldest child's mouth was "I'm Sorry."? How sad to think that this little boy thought this was happening because of something he did.

Boo&BugsMom replied:
I wish I had the stomach to read it all. I can't read this kind of stuff without thinking of my baby, then I start to baul!

AlexsPajamaMama replied: I got an email that said
BREAKING NEWS: Andrea Yates Not Guilty By Reason Of Insanity
in the subject line and that was all I needed to see! Didnt even want to read the article!

BAC'sMom replied: I think her and Rusty should both have to go to the front of the line.
For some good TEXAS Justice!

JP&KJMOM replied:

coasterqueen replied:
ITA. She was suffering depression, and although I know what that's like I don't know what it's like to the extent that she suffered it. Her suffering does not make her innocent of her actions, but should require her to serve in an institution with psychiatric care.

Very sad situation.

Boys r us replied: That completely sickens me!!! Now in her mind what she did was 'justified" b/c she's been found NOT GUILTY! There's no doubt in my mind that she was sick and mentally ill..but mentally ill or not, she is a murderer!

Cece00 replied:
That breaks my heart. Seriously, made my stomach churn. How could you do that to your kids?? I hate punishing mine for fighting or not picking up toys and that involves some time out...I cant even imagine KILLING my children.

aspenblue1 replied: That is so sad. I am still in shock.

ashtonsmama replied: What a sick sick woman. This ticks me off to no end. Why is it that just because yes, she's crazy, and very sick, why does she get off like that? Her precious children deserved such a better justice...


What she needs is tons of medication, lots of therapy, and to be locked up for the rest of her life. I don't care if she's sick and was supposedly "insane" when she murdered her children, that is NO excuse for the tragic injustice her family suffered.

AAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHH.

I could go on for hours, this really makes me ticked off...there aren't any appropriate words to describe my feelings on this woman.

Brias3 replied: That makes me sick. Injustice at its peak. God bless the memory of those poor children.

punkeemunkee'smom replied: OMG! I am sitting here in shock If you are depressed you kill yourself not your babies She had to catch some of her kids...they ran and they fought for their lives I am hard pressed to believe that if this was a case of spousal homicide there would not be one word of sympathy for the depressed husband who drowned his wife so why is it that these children were expendable? She makes me sick..her simpering ex-husband makes me sick(you know he got remarried in the same church his children's funerals took place in) I hope that she gets her justice one day...I would like to be there when she learns that it wasn't GODspeaking to her!!!!

Zachsmom2002 replied:
I think this says it all. I feel the same way. Insane or not things she did showed she kind of wasn't insane. Just another example of our Justice System hard at work.

Kirstenmumof3 replied: As a mother diagnosed with Post Partum Depression (and then a Mental Illness) and told that I was a danger to my children for having "thoughts" of harming them. For not being allowed to be alone with my children because they thought that I would harm them. I find myself torn. I can't imagine how someone could drown there children in a bathtub, especially with the oldest being 7. I think she may have suffered from Post Partum Depression. But I think she did this intentionally. What she did will haunt me forever. To take the lives of those innocent babies. I agree that she does need some kind so psychiatric care, but I do not agree that she should be released from prison and put into a state mental hospital. She deserves LIFE because that's what she took!

CantWait replied:


In response to the topic. I'm sickened.

Jenna replied: This whole thing makes me absolutely sick! How can they find her not guilty.....when SHE is the one who did it! IMO, anyone who can drown 5 kids, fight with them to do so, and they lay most of them out on a bed, KNOWS what she's doing. And her husband as well....he should be held accountable. No one would ever convince me that there weren't MANY signs that this lady wasn't 'right'. Here's the part that gets to me.....she still shows very little emotion. If I knew that I had done that to my children...insane or not, after I KNEW what I had done, I would absolutely want to die! I would have plead guilty and took what came....because I would deserve it.

Bee_Kay replied: Well, at very least I hope and pray that there could be a FORCED court ordered sterilization!

gr33n3y3z replied: mentally ill is what everyone claims any more its just an excuse

Jackie012007 replied: this is just another case that criminals will look at and say "see?? she said she was crazy and she got off... I'm going to go on a murdering spree and then just say I was crazy and get off!!"

I myself have struggled with severe manic depression and anxiety off and on for quite a few years now... I have even been institutionalized for SI (I was 13) and am still in counseling to control myself. You would tend to think that people in her similar mental state would sympathize with her, but my mom (she's severely bipolar ) and I have discussed this case, and neither one of us believe her plea or sympathize AT ALL. If anything, she exhibits symptoms of Sociopathy, due to her complete and utter lack of regard for human life and no signs of remorse. It's sickening, and the publicity and verdict do nothing more than add to the negative connotations to those dealing with mental illnesses... when in fact we are not all complete psychopaths like that woman!

Nina J replied: Insane or not, she deserves to pay for what she did to those poor children. They've lost their lives, and she's going to be in a mental instituation then out free to live. It's disgusting.

Halo42101 replied: This made me so angry when I heard about it yesterday, I could not believe it. It reminded me of what Susan Smith did to her 2 beautiful baby boys. Someone in the Andrea Yates case said that she never got a break from her children and that she was with them 24-7, homeschooling them and all. Well, that's what a mother job is! To take care of their children 24-7 and to always "love," "nurture" & "proctect" them. I do not feel sorry for this lady in the least bit. I believe she knew what she was doing, infact planned it even and feel bad that better justice was not served for the rest of her family now in mourning. I just pray that no other woman or man sees what she did, realizing she got away with it, only to comitt another horrendous act themself.

ZandersMama replied:
was thinking the same thing as i read it.

My2Beauties replied: I really have no words to say except sick sick sick and sad sad sad!! The justice system in this country is pitiful! If I would have been on that jury, I guarantee we would have been in recess for weeks until I convinced those idiots that this woman is infact GUILTY of murder, insane or not, she deserves to rot!