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He is a witness for the defense, right? Don't you consider that he's actively and pretty crratively trying to shift the blame to himself to spare her life? Don't fall for every exaggeration that a man or a defense tells on the stand to paint the issue in Snidely-Whiplash terms.

She is a mass-murderer, pure and simple, and deserves the death penalty. There are a thousand other things she could have done other than coolly and rationally murdering innocent children. There are a thousand other conclusions she could have been "driven" to, even if 1/10 of what the defense said IS true. But she selfishly, and I think brattily, chose their fate now she deserves to share it.

Some day we have to stop rewarding adults for acting like children, and it's going to be a tough lesson that a lot of folks are going to squeal loudly about and writhe shouting all sorts of blame-shifting rhetoric to try to escape from...

She's not insane, she's the epitome of the most selfish, sadistic strain of bratty "I'll eat worms then you'll be sorry" childish beahvior I've ever seen. A mass murder who deserves to die.

A mass murder who deserves to die.

and strap him down right next to her. he helped create the situation. he cannot ASSUME blame that is not his, just to make her look better. the facts speak for themselves. He DOES share guilt here.

I don't know whether she's legally insane or not (in that she didn't know right from wrong), but I bet she knew what she was doing. Although I hold him accountable, I'm not saying she should be let off the hook. To bring blame on to himself is too risky of a strategy, IMO, unless he has immunity, which I doubt, or else he'd be testifying for the prosecution, right? And it looks to me that's he's attempting to justify their life.

Morally, he's at fault as well.

How can anyone doubt that this woman was totally incapable of rational thought?
All of you strict-punishment-regardless -of- the - circumstances group just jump in and try to outdo each other's bravado. Shame on you.
LOOK at this woman will you! She's dead already, and her 'Loving' husband allowed her to wither right in front of his eyes.

Thank you so much for trying to add at least a modicum of rationality to what is a shockingly obstuse thread.

Do I like the way he treated her? No, and every woman who has ever known me would tell you it is the exact opposite of the way I (or any other gentleman) would behave.

Do I think his fascistic behavior was in keeping with Scriptural precepts? Or course not -- unless, like liberals, he simply struck from God's word that which was not in keeping with his decidedly demented views.

But, do I think she was a total "victim" who deserves naught but our sympathy? Well, frankly, that's absurd. All along the way, she quite obviously took part in their decisions -- including the decision to get married. When you see the boat you are on is headed for the falls, it is best to jump off at some point -- any point! -- before it hits the rapids. She chose not to. Instead, she chose -- yes, libs and feminazis -- chose to kill her innocent children instead.

IN my humble and saddened opinion, she deserves to die. And he deserves to be shunned by all who know him -- especially by any woman who hopes to lead anything even resembling a sane existence.

This is all too complex to comprehend on the basis of news reports, but it showcases important issues in contemporary psychiatry and jurisprudence.

Perhaps I missed the answer to my question, which is: what was her motive for killing her children? Motive is an important element of intent, which must be proven in order to find a defendant guilty of murder.....