At 07:52 PM 3/16/02, Robert Seeberger wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Doug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 7:36 PM >Subject: Re: Honest GOP? was Re: Steel tariffs > > > > > > > > Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > > > > > Texas is already a laughing stock over the Andrea Yates trial. > > > > > > How so? > > >Texas law does not allow juries to be informed of the potential results of >their decisions. IOW the jury was allowed to think that Yates would walk >free if found "Not Guilty Due To Insanity". In actuality she would likely >have been commited to a psychiatric facility for the rest of her life.
I don't want to argue with you, but is it possible that the situation was that the jury saw the difference between "likely" and "certainly", i.e., they did not want to take the chance, however small, that she would be allowed to walk free if they returned a verdict of "not guilty by reason of insanity"? FWIW, I would agree that being committed to a psychiatric facility for the rest of her life might well have been the best available outcome in the situation . . . >Basicly Texas does not recognise insanity as a *real* medical condition. >Texas believes that you can go nuts a kill a philandering spouse, and thats >ok. But if you kill your kids (and who hasnt wanted to<G>) there must >secretly be a motive. > >Before you start correcting me, I'm just being "over the top". >I am really angry about this trial. What do you think would have been the best outcome of the trial? >It is obvious to me that mental health >is not taken very seriously in this state. RE: State regulated insurance and >my experiences with my ex-wife. > >xponent >Xpophenia Maru >rob -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white with foam� God bless America! My home, sweet home. -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
