
But she told people about her concerns about her thoughts and kept trying to seek help and all they did was put her on a bunch of meds. And its a super treatable condition. I don’t get why people are so surprised that people would rather see her sentenced to a mental institution than prison.
True enough. But just like in a case where someone acts in self-defense, does it for revenge, crime of passion, or any other number of defenses, there are reasons. It doesn’t justify murder and she will spend the rest of her life dealing with the fact she killed her kids (which I’d argue is a fate worse than death). The question is just whether she within the right state of mind, or was mental illness impacting her thinking and decision?