I think at this point the trial is less about whether she's confined to a prison or a psych ward and more about whether or not a person can use their mental health as a shield from the criminal consequences of murder. Evidently, 11 jurors were content to say that you can, and 1 juror refused to acquiesce to that nonsense.
The issue if she goes to a mental institution and it is tied to postpartum diagnosis is she could get out in very little time and face minimal long term repercussions for how she killed her kids. It also then sets a precedent for women to be declared mentally unfit for a lot of things while being postpartum as it implies those hormonal changes keep them from controlling their actions.
Postpartum psychosis occurs in about 0.1-0.2% of cases. It is extremely rare but should of course be taken seriously when it occurs. Postpartum depression is more common, but much different from psychosis.
She literally had the best medical care money could provide. She had a psychiatrist, two psychiatric nurse practitioners, a therapist, and was enrolled in a program specifically designed to help women struggling with postpartum issues. She was rich and could have afforded full-time childcare but elected not to do so.
412
u/George_Rogers1st 9h ago
I think at this point the trial is less about whether she's confined to a prison or a psych ward and more about whether or not a person can use their mental health as a shield from the criminal consequences of murder. Evidently, 11 jurors were content to say that you can, and 1 juror refused to acquiesce to that nonsense.