I’ve been told a time or two that I’ve got a few loose screws, but I see it the same way you see it !!!
Slammer!!!

I agree, and can't understand how anyone would not be aghast at such a horrible thing happening. She should at least be in a mental institution where she can't harm anyone.

If you can't discern that murdering innocent children is awful, either something ain't right or something is wrong. Either way, cause and effect, guilty is guilty and consequences are required, imo.

Is somebody condoning the [brutal[ murder of [three] children?  

they just have to find her guilty or not ,,, the reason is mute.

some people today are just plain dumb ....

That's why we have courts and lawyers.

Any male would have been found guilty, regardless of psychological issues or medications, it would have been a unanimous verdict, and public sympathy would zero. As it should be, every damn time.

In Canada there's Not Criminally Responsible.  Here's an example from MB where "the system" seems to be doing as it was/is intended.    https://www.google.com/search?q=portage+bus+beheading&rlz=1C1CHBF_enCA1116CA1116&oq=portage+bus+beheading&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTc1NjdqMGoxNagCCLACAfEF_rnPFRbVmGDxBf65zxUW1Zhg&sourceid=chrome&source=chrome.rb&ie=UTF-8    So far the male isn't inflicting any further harm on anyone, so apparently a mental institution isn't the only way.

I wonder if revenge/retribution better serves society as a whole or mainly the self-righteous portion?  [Can't say I have a definitive answer.... philosophy isn't my strong suit......  but, but, but,  I will contemplate it some more as I mow lawn this aft.   ]

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In Canada there's Not Criminally Responsible.  Here's an example from MB where "the system" seems to be doing as it was/is intended.    https://www.google.com/search?q=portage+bus+beheading&rlz=1C1CHBF_enCA1116CA1116&oq=portage+bus+beheading&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTc1NjdqMGoxNagCCLACAfEF_rnPFRbVmGDxBf65zxUW1Zhg&sourceid=chrome&source=chrome.rb&ie=UTF-8    So far the male isn't inflicting any further harm on anyone, so apparently a mental institution isn't the only way.

I wonder if revenge/retribution better serves society as a whole or mainly the self-righteous portion?  [Can't say I have a definitive answer.... philosophy isn't my strong suit......  but, but, but,  I will contemplate it some more as I mow lawn this aft.   ]

 

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"as long as he maintains his medication" .... and who is monitoring that? 
btw, alcoholism is denoted as a mental illness of sorts,, getting behind the wheel while drunk and killing a person will get you prison time. 

Dunno... Google AI didn't mention how/if he's being monitored.  I can envision that having him take it under direct supervision could be one fairly straight-forward/effective work-around.

I thought alcoholism is/was becoming viewed/accepted as a medical issue rather than a criminal one... didn't know that mental illness was on the table.  I suppose IF a lawyer could get a court to accept that it was a mental illness, a NCR verdict could come into play.

[Btw.... finished the lawn ...........  and gained no further insights.  ]

^^^^ Sonny Osborne said he did his best banjo thinking & arranging while mowing the lawn with his mini tractor. Methinks he might’ve been an outlier, n’est ca-pas?