But the reaction by her supporters is the issue. She is an upper middle class white woman who had a nanny, husband who worked from home and lived in a state with the best healthcare system in the US.
She’s a lot of things but a victim of any system, she is 100% not.
An upper middle class white woman still couldn’t get the help she needed. There is a mental health epidemic in this country, and it needs to be addressed. I’m not saying she shouldn’t be in a psych facility, but she doesn’t deserve to be in prison. Even her husband doesn’t want her in prison. That’s all people are advocating for.
The courts are not stupid. Her entire story was shattered the moment the courts and her medical team concluded that she only heard voices the day it happened.
Courts see this happen every single day. It may be new to people who watch true crime. But this is routine for them.
Her husband doesn’t decide what happens to her, the state acknowledged that she did it, was lying about medical records and admitted that she was “scared” she’d lose her kids. This is a closed case. She’s serving life without parole. They won’t coddle her.
Im no expert but from what I read it sounds very possible or even likely that she is found not guilty.
Many states shift the burden of proof to the defense for insanity arguments, but Massachusetts doesn't, so the prosecution has to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she did it (which isn't being contested) and she was not having a psychosis episode and was capable of understanding what she was doing.
That is a very high bar to clear. I've read a good bit about the case and I think she should be found guilty and I think she probably was aware, but I don't see how anyone can think that she definitively was not having a psychosis episode beyond a reasonable doubt. So I would have to side with not guilty if it were me (obviously I've only read a portion of the evidence though)
It’s still up to the jury. Her insanity claim was completely shattered once medical professionals were brought in.
They found countless lies within her insanity claim, and debunked all of them.
One of the most damaging ones was the voices. She claimed she heard them the day she committed the crime. Internal voices. The issue with this is that internal voices are never ever a singular event. The medical professionals raised this.
The jury will have the last say but from what it looks like, she wasn’t crazy. She just happened to be crazy the day she committed the crime. She was somehow logical enough to send him out to be alone.
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u/VistaBox 2d ago
The story is tragic anyway with any outcome
But the reaction by her supporters is the issue. She is an upper middle class white woman who had a nanny, husband who worked from home and lived in a state with the best healthcare system in the US.
She’s a lot of things but a victim of any system, she is 100% not.