Judges: Mother Not Guilty Of Bathtub Drownings

[The Straight Story]

Judges: Mother Not Guilty Of Bathtub Drownings

CLEVELAND — A three-judge panel in Cleveland has ruled a mother is not guilty by reason of insanity in the drowning deaths of her two young daughters in a bathtub.

The judges returned the verdict Friday afternoon in the case against 23-year-old Amber Hill. The judges say evidence showed the woman didn't understand the wrongfulness of her actions.

Hill was charged with aggravated murder in the deaths of 4-year-old Janelle Cintron and 2-year-old Cecess Hill.

She pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the deaths of her daughters on Oct. 1, 2007. Her attorney says the woman heard voices telling her to "Do it, do it!"

http://www.10tv.com/live/content/onnnews/stories/2009/01/23/mother_not_guilty.html?sid=102

[Taverner]

1. If I remember it was "God" telling her to do it

Which leads to the next question: can we put fundies in mental hospitals for hearing their voices?

I would love to you know :evilgrin:

[chucktaylor]

2. No, she heard a demonic voice. You must be remembering your own voices.

As she stood watching them with her arms crossed, Hill told the doctor, she momentarily considered getting them dressed and ready for the day. But then she heard the voices in her head. She had been hearing them for months -- her mother asking her what she was going to do with her life; her boyfriend, Jaime Cintron, calling her name; and another voice that she described as demonic encouraging her to kill herself.

On that day, however, the voices told her to "do it!" -- to drown her children. And she complied.

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/01/court_psychiatrist_says_amber.html

[Taverner]

3. OK - different crazy

I got to get my religiously insane folks straight

[Warpy]

6. We used to

but that was before the civil liberties lawyers made the definition of "danger to oneself or others" so tight that only people who are caught raving and ranting with deadly weapons in their hands are considered insane enough to commit involuntarily.

Clearly, this is wrong.

[Taverner]

7. Definitely

And that was a turn for the worse in our judicial system

[FreakinDJ]

4. Just like Bush is not guilty

this crap sickens me

[sandnsea]

5. Does Ohio have institutional laws?

I know Texas does and most of Andrea Yates' jurors would have found her not guilty if they'd known she would still be institutionalized.

[ZombieHorde]

8. The important thing is she is no longer in a position to hurt children. nt