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951-Riverside

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18. Anything but punish her

Reply to Hekate (Reply #15)

Thu Apr 9, 2015, 08:33 PM

Apr 2015

This was not an incident that requires her to be locked away from society. It is wrong, it is immoral to cage a woman who clearly has little to no concept of right and wrong behind bars for 20 years.

That is cruel and unusual punishment, a waste of money and serves no purpose.

As for her having children in the future, you place her in a facility that can closely monitor her then give her the option of having an abortion or having it full term then adopting it out. Voluntary sterilization is another option but given her mental state, its probably not a feasible one.

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another murderering piece of shit. there should be no mercy for her samsingh Apr 2015 #1

That sounds tough, but what do you mean by "no mercy?" morningfog Apr 2015 #3

no parole samsingh Apr 2015 #4

Munchausen Syndrome brer cat Apr 2015 #8

Treatment but still full penalties that the law allows. alphafemale Apr 2015 #9

It's a tough call to me. brer cat Apr 2015 #12

Devil's Advocate: What about sociopaths? Nevernose Apr 2015 #16

Confinement and treatment brer cat Apr 2015 #17

She wasn't diagnosed with it and it wasn't brought up as a defense. LisaL Apr 2015 #22

This woman has Munchausen by proxy ScreamingMeemie Apr 2015 #23

Is her husband's name Lot? KamaAina Apr 2015 #2

why do you think this is just a subject for jokes. I've seen 2 comments from you on this tragedy- cali Apr 2015 #5

A) They're the same sicko joke. KamaAina Apr 2015 #6

She is going to endure a living hell in general population in a female prison johnnysad Apr 2015 #7

Should be longer aikoaiko Apr 2015 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author aikoaiko Apr 2015 #11

This is not JUSTICE! There is no need to keep a mentally ill woman locked up like this. 951-Riverside Apr 2015 #13

What would you have the law do with her? She is very much a danger to others Hekate Apr 2015 #15

Anything but punish her 951-Riverside Apr 2015 #18

You forgot the sarcasm lines alphafemale Apr 2015 #24

Guessing you're right- suggested forcing abortion or adoption in her is humane? bettyellen Apr 2015 #29

Lets get this straight, I did not say anything about FORCING ABORTION 951-Riverside Apr 2015 #31

You suggested forcing abortion OR adopting out. Which is disgusting. bettyellen Apr 2015 #32

Gotta be flame bait! tabasco Apr 2015 #28

You don't have any idea as to what you are talking about. LisaL Apr 2015 #19

She has a mental illness recognised by the DSM. wickerwoman Apr 2015 #25

What difference does it make whether her supposed mental illenss is recognized by the DSM? LisaL Apr 2015 #27

"keeping her locked up behind bars helps who exactly?" geek tragedy Apr 2015 #20

If she is mentally ill, I'd send her somewhere to get help, not punishment. BlueJazz Apr 2015 #14

20 years in prison should help immensely. LisaL Apr 2015 #21

There is definitely something wrong with her Rosa Luxemburg Apr 2015 #26

Considering the immense controversy surronding this mental illness... Lancero Apr 2015 #30