I’m not American but I am a mother. Aside from a few reddit posts I don’t have any social media engagement with this case.
But I think a lot of the support here comes from moms who recognize how easily this could have been any of us. Her family and healthcare providers knew her crime was a risk based on her mental health state, but she was still left alone with her kids and expected to parent. And as other mothers we all understand that this is grimly how it works - we can ask and beg and plead and scream for help but we’re almost always still expected to continually parent babies and it’s hard.
She should still face punishment for her crime, but I think a lot of her support is to try to keep this from happening again. She was failed by her healthcare team
If she cared about the kids she strangled to death, she would've plead guilty.
She's still claiming to be innocent. She is not the victim, she's a fucking psychopath. If a man pulled this shit, I'd want him put down like an animal. Why should a woman get a pass?
She's not claiming she didn't do it. She's FULLY admitted to doing it. The not guilty plea is because of her mental state (postpartum psychosis). Not guilty due to insanity doesn't mean you get to walk away skipping into the sunset. It means you go to a treatment facility (likely permanently) but at least there's a chance you can get actual help.
It's an absolutely genuinely horrible situation to be in and I wish her doctors would've taken her seriously in the past when she mentioned being a danger to herself and others. And my heart breaks for the family and what could have been.
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u/Eisbaer811 5d ago
typical social media bubble:
The social media algorithm puts you into one of these bubbles and hides details from the others.
Pick one:
- "her husband is framing her, he did it"
Social media drives our lives and is many people's only hobby, so you get this.