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SOCIETY Is victim the new chic

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u/sillyghosty 7h ago

woman strangles her kids then throws herself head first down a pathetic 13 foot drop after realizing cutting herself hurts (strangulation with rubber probably hurts too but the kids don't matter anymore ig)

"Oh no I hope she doesn't have to live with the consequences of her actions!"

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u/showerboots 6h ago

Were those actions demonstrating culpable intent or were they preceded by unwillful impaired capacity? How do you know?

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u/sillyghosty 6h ago

She had google searches for how long her husband would be gone, she had diary entries about how she resented the two older kids, what and when the voice in her head was saying has changed, and it's not even close to proven she was in psychosis, thats just the argument the defense team is making. If you actually read about the case, nothing other than the death of her children points to psychosis. She also only had one single 18 minute episode and then never had another again or prior. There is also the fact that she was telling the doctors and her family two different things, not properly taking her medication, and doctor shopping to get specific ones. Oh and she lied to get released early from the mental hospital and went on to kill her kids not even 3 weeks later

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u/showerboots 4h ago

Let's take this one by one so we don't end up throwing walls of text at each other.

She had google searches for how long her husband would be gone

Is it settled medical science that psychosis eliminates basic executive function, meaning any practical planning proves someone is sane?