Or so we've been told.
Posted on 12/02/2015 7:10:57 AM PST by ConservativeStatement
A South Bay mother convicted of brutally stabbing her three young daughters suffered from delusions, paranoia and hallucinations in the days leading up to the murders — all signs of postpartum psychosis — and should be found not guilty by reason of insanity, her attorney told a judge Tuesday.
Carol Ann Coronado, 32, who was found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder on Monday, was diagnosed with a “major depressive disorder†following her arrest on May 20, 2014, attorney Stephen Allen told Compton Superior Court Judge Ricardo Ocampo as the sanity phase of Coronado’s murder trial began.
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I do not believe in diminished capacity defenses for criminal behavior.
Wasn’t Coronado a “white hispanic” who explored the American southwest as a prelude to conquest, occupation and genocide of the noble natives?
Or so we've been told.
If the lawyer said it it must be false. Anybody can claim delusions after committing a crime. This is just another step in the left’s long path to decriminalizing everything, except the politically incorrect.
This woman needs psychiatric treatment However, I don't think she should be released upon some declaration of therapeutic success.
Isn't there an alternative consisting of "psychiatric confinement for life"?
I don’t buy it. If one murders, regardless the “cause”, that person should be executed in return.
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