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Agreed, Moni. This is quite the topic in our house right now--evey time the case is mentioned on the tv, I go off the deep end and Budha reins me back in gently. Clearly this woman was insane--what sane mother could so cold-bloodly kill her her own (or any other) children? But to say she didn't know or realize she was doing wrong at the time....Weak, at best. She knew. The manner in which she continued her masacre was no less pre-meditated than that of any other killer.
And her husband ought to be held accountable to a degree. Five children in what, six or seven years? No help whatsoever with them, even after she had had to go on medication for depression. And he 'thought she was cured' so let's have a few more?!?!? Maybe he ought to be examined as well since this appears to me to be a case of delusion (or gross stupidity).
I have children and after the first, I had a mild case of the potpartum 'blues'. I wondered how on earth I was going to care for this tiny baby properly, why did I make this huge decision to have a baby, yadda yadda yadda. I cried and felt very alone. But *never* did the thought of even harming the baby cross my mind. *Never*, even when the kids have tried my patience and it seemed everything was going to hell in a handbasket, did I *Ever* consider harming them (sending them to military school/convent, maybe).
And to hear the lawyers saying she did this because she was trying to save their souls from the devil---don't even get me started. No fan of lawyers already, but this confirms my distaste for the profession. (yeah, I know there are a few good, upstanding ones)
Ok, I'd better step off the soapbox before I really get wound up.
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