Andrea Yates Verdict

Okay first I would like to say that this is not really a poem, the dicussion board isn't working to add and I need to get this off of my chest. I don't know if anyone has heard about the woman who drowned her 5 kids in the bathtub yet but it was horrible, she had 5 kids ranging from like 6 months to I think 7 yrs. From what I know she locked them all in the bathroom and drowned them one by one. They said that she was suffering from a severe case of post-partum. I heard on the news her mom and her sister say that she was really a good mom but she had alot of mental problems. I have a big problem with this. First of all if they knew that something was wrong with her why the hell did they leave her alone with her kids. Second, I could be wrong but I don't know of any mental disorder that would cause a mother to drown each of her kids one by one. Maybe I could see a mental disorder causing her to put the kids head underwater but the older ones would fight, and you would think that at some point she would stop and think what am I doing, I am killing my kids? Another thing that pissed me off was that her lawyers stood in front of that camera and told the world that they hope that she gets life in prison instead of the death penalty, that made me so mad because anyone who could kill their kids and show no sign of regret and blame it on voices that she heard or whatever does not deserve to live, I am sorry if I offend anyone but I have a 14 month old and I would never dream of hurting him, let alon killing him. When I saw that on T.V. I cried for those kids because It could have been prevented, I saw her husband and her mother bawling thier eyes out when she was found guilty, but they could have prevented it, and now those little kids are dead! Anyway, nothing has ever affected me like this before and I would just like to know where everyone else stands, thanks for your comment! Written March 15th, 2002 © on Mar 15 2002 12:17 PM PST, Chauna   0 • 1