4 responses to “Trial Begins for Woman Who Cut Baby from Womb”

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   Shaun

   January 14, 2010

   I know I must sound extreme sometimes but this animal should be put to sleep. Why waste tax dollars on this person? Give the woman a chance to repent and reconcile for her deeds then lights out…case closed. Disgusting!
   Shaun

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   Philip France

   January 15, 2010

   There are (at least) two flaws in the American justice system:
   1. Why isn’t someone guilty by reason of insanity rather than innocent?
   2. (This one is not relevant this case, but deserves saying so nonetheless) Why is someone who is caught in the act permitted to plead “not guilty”?
   One could reasonably conclude that any act of this type of violence is insane. How can any reasonable mind determine that he or she is not guilty of committing the crime?
   While I fundamentally diaagree with my friend Shaun on a spiritual level, from a practical standpoint he is absolutely right. Are we to presume that all murderers are guilty and worthy of executuion but some murderers are more guilty and deserving of execution than others?
   Regardless, capital punishment in the US is ineffective and has nearly no deterrant value because it is not swift and immediate. This is an additional flaw the American justice system that should be corrected if we wish to mitigate violent crime.

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   IhateFrenchPeople

   January 16, 2010

   “capital punishment in the US is ineffective and has nearly no deterrant value”
   You hear this kind of stupid statement alot.
   Exactly how would anyone measure whether or not the death penalty has a deterrant value.
   Anyway, who care. If the family of the victiim wants revenge then so be it. That is wan the death penalty is about; Revenge.
   If it also has deterrant value that is just a bonus.

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   yoyo

   January 16, 2010

   Not sure what point, the author is trying to make with this article,
   * that the crime is almost beyond human comprehension in it’s awfulness? – check;
   * that there is evidence that the woman was seriously mentally ill? – check;
   * that even when her condition is stabilised (if ever) it may not be safe to ever let her out into the community? – check.
   These crimes are not new, as we know from historical documents, they do not appear to be increasing and our treatment/punishment of the perpetrators is still driven by the natural horror that these crimes evince in us.
   When mothers kill their children, the revulsion is tempered by the sadness we feel that another human being can fall so low, into such a black torturous place, that this appears to be the only way out, particularly since many of these women also kill themselves. Whereas, when someone commits this act of violence it seems to be more a form of avariciousness, a greedy coveting.
   Maybe, for the religious people on this site, your religion provides an answer for “why?”. If so I would be interested to hear it. This is not a cynical comment, I am told by religious people that the strength of religion is the answers it gives to these impossible human dilemmas.
   Finally I ask again what was the point of this post?

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