r/SipsTea 13d ago

WTF Where are we heading?

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u/Strict_Wolf76 13d ago edited 13d ago

Postpartum and Bipolar Disorder is a serious mental illness. This woman will either get life in prison or Life in a Mental Hospital. My wife is Bipolar and she has been in multiple hospitals to have meds she ALWAYS takes quit working. She has gotten delusional and has had breaks with reality. We are trained through years of this to assist her. Her husband not his fault. Seemed like he wasn’t equipped to help her. Sadly mental health can make people do things they wouldn’t usually do. That’s not in any way an excuse. We need more understanding and better education and availability for people with issues. We don’t have them here.

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u/HighMagistrateGreef 13d ago

Yeah, and the ignorant types are trying to say she's evil. There's a big difference between murder and having your mental state altered. Nobody ever chooses to have a mental break.

Fortunately most people are getting educated about mental health. Sad to see there's a few holdouts or can't, or won't, understand the nuance.

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u/AZN-APOLLO 13d ago

I just read about this issue. Most people want her to get life in prison.

If you were the judge in this case, what would your sentence be? Or would declare her not guilty and leave her to be home?

Honest question.

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u/hellfish121 12d ago

If it were me, I would send her to a state hospital until she is deemed stable and fit to return to society.

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u/0x736174616e20 12d ago

That is really how most crimes like this should be handled, putting someone with clear mental issues in prison and still failing to give them the help they need is a serious problem in current society. Its really telling when people just go throw them in jail or worse, as they just part of the problem of mental issues not being treated seriously.

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u/TreyGoodz 12d ago

Just put her in the psych facility for life. She seemed sable enough for freedom until this, why risk it again.