Comments on: Andrea Yates Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/07/26/andrea-yates-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity/ Beating Them With Their Own Sickle And Hammer Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:34:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: AShiningCity http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/07/26/andrea-yates-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity/comment-page-1/#comment-53882 AShiningCity Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:02:24 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2006/07/26/andrea-yates-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity/#comment-53882 KerwinBrown said: "If you killed someone in a fit of anger I would not be legally insane when I did it." All crimes require a proper mens rea for the defendant to be charged. In some situations being in a fit of anger would certainly lower the punishment handed out. It is different for each jurisdiction. For example: A man finds his woman sleeping with another man and flies into a rage and kills the other man. In some states the fact that he didn't have a period to cool off before committing the crime will lower the punishment for the crime from Murder 1 to Murder 2 (without the threat of the death penalty). KerwinBrown said:

“If you killed someone in a fit of anger I would not be legally insane when I did it.”

All crimes require a proper mens rea for the defendant to be charged.

In some situations being in a fit of anger would certainly lower the punishment handed out.

It is different for each jurisdiction. For example: A man finds his woman sleeping with another man and flies into a rage and kills the other man.

In some states the fact that he didn’t have a period to cool off before committing the crime will lower the punishment for the crime from Murder 1 to Murder 2 (without the threat of the death penalty).

]]> By: kerwin_brown http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/07/26/andrea-yates-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity/comment-page-1/#comment-53881 kerwin_brown Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:57:31 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2006/07/26/andrea-yates-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity/#comment-53881 She won the case in the media. I question if someone who is rational enough to drown their children from oldest to youngest is at the same time irrational enough to not know it's wrong. Emotional turmoil does not equal insane. If I killed someone in a fit of anger I would not be legally insane when I did it. She won the case in the media. I question if someone who is rational enough to drown their children from oldest to youngest is at the same time irrational enough to not know it’s wrong. Emotional turmoil does not equal insane. If I killed someone in a fit of anger I would not be legally insane when I did it.

]]> By: Shadowscope http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/07/26/andrea-yates-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity/comment-page-1/#comment-53880 Shadowscope Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:41:27 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2006/07/26/andrea-yates-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity/#comment-53880 <strong>Andrea Yates gets off</strong> A jury found Andrea Yates not guilty by reason of insanity. I think everyone knows that she was insane, but [edited]. She should have to pay some kind of penalty. Apparently she is being committed to a State Mental... Andrea Yates gets off
A jury found Andrea Yates not guilty by reason of insanity. I think everyone knows that she was insane, but [edited]. She should have to pay some kind of penalty. Apparently she is being committed to a State Mental…

]]> By: Independent Conservative http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/07/26/andrea-yates-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity/comment-page-1/#comment-53879 Independent Conservative Wed, 26 Jul 2006 21:30:27 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2006/07/26/andrea-yates-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity/#comment-53879 <strong>Baby Killer Andrea Yates Gets Off on Insanity Defense</strong> Once upon a time in America, a woman who killed 5 babies/children would have been burned at a stake, hung from a tree or shot at a given number of paces. Today, someone can claim &#8220;insanity&#8221; and kill as many people as they wish. So what i... Baby Killer Andrea Yates Gets Off on Insanity Defense
Once upon a time in America, a woman who killed 5 babies/children would have been burned at a stake, hung from a tree or shot at a given number of paces. Today, someone can claim &#38;#8220;insanity&#38;#8221; and kill as many people as they wish. So what i…

]]> By: Danny Carlton http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/07/26/andrea-yates-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity/comment-page-1/#comment-53878 Danny Carlton Wed, 26 Jul 2006 21:00:31 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2006/07/26/andrea-yates-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity/#comment-53878 Unless she's a complete sociopath, she is being punished. I can't imagine living life knowing I murdered my own children. But then how much difference is there in Andrea Yates and any woman who aborts her child. There are certainly a lot of them walking around free. But then, maybe that's why she got off. Maybe the jury decided she merely exercised her "choice". Moral relativism creates problems like thsi, and this is just the beginning. Unless she’s a complete sociopath, she is being punished. I can’t imagine living life knowing I murdered my own children. But then how much difference is there in Andrea Yates and any woman who aborts her child. There are certainly a lot of them walking around free. But then, maybe that’s why she got off. Maybe the jury decided she merely exercised her “choice”. Moral relativism creates problems like thsi, and this is just the beginning.

]]> By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/07/26/andrea-yates-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity/comment-page-1/#comment-53877 Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator Wed, 26 Jul 2006 20:03:21 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2006/07/26/andrea-yates-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity/#comment-53877 <strong>Yates Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity</strong> A jury found Andrea Yates not guilty by reason of insanity in the drowning deaths of her young child Yates Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity
A jury found Andrea Yates not guilty by reason of insanity in the drowning deaths of her young child

]]> By: Ninth State &#38;#187; Andrea Yates Not Guilty http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/07/26/andrea-yates-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity/comment-page-1/#comment-53876 Ninth State &#38;#187; Andrea Yates Not Guilty Wed, 26 Jul 2006 19:17:31 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2006/07/26/andrea-yates-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity/#comment-53876 [...] Well, she is guilty of killing her five children, but it&#8217;s not &#8220;guilty&#8221; in the legal sense. From the AP (hat tip: Expose the Left and Stop the ACLU): A jury found Andrea Yates not guilty by reason of insanity in the drowning deaths of her young children in the bathtub of their suburban home. [...] [...] Well, she is guilty of killing her five children, but it&#38;#8217;s not &#38;#8220;guilty&#38;#8221; in the legal sense. From the AP (hat tip: Expose the Left and Stop the ACLU): A jury found Andrea Yates not guilty by reason of insanity in the drowning deaths of her young children in the bathtub of their suburban home. [...]

]]> By: Expose the Left &#38;#187; Andrea Yates Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/07/26/andrea-yates-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity/comment-page-1/#comment-53875 Expose the Left &#38;#187; Andrea Yates Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:12:35 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2006/07/26/andrea-yates-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity/#comment-53875 [...] Oh well, its off to the loony bin for her now! By: Jay at 2:22 pm in General News | | Permalink digg this var zflag_nid="305"; var zflag_cid="274/1"; var zflag_sid="169"; var zflag_width="300"; varzflag_height="250"; var zflag_sz="9"; [...] [...] Oh well, its off to the loony bin for her now! By: Jay at 2:22 pm in General News | | Permalink digg this var zflag_nid=”305″; var zflag_cid=”274/1″; var zflag_sid=”169″; var zflag_width=”300″; varzflag_height=”250″; var zflag_sz=”9″; [...]

]]> By: Lilo http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/07/26/andrea-yates-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity/comment-page-1/#comment-53874 Lilo Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:03:52 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2006/07/26/andrea-yates-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity/#comment-53874 Clearly, they found the 12 stupidest people possible. Clearly, they found the 12 stupidest people possible.

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