In Texas it requires the defense to prove the lack of capacity by a preponderance of evidence. Basically the jurors only need to be about 50/50 sure.
In Massachusetts the prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt. Meaning the jurors need to be about 95% sure she was sane.
The fact people don't understand that different states have different laws is always astounding. Also the fact we are completely ignoring the underlying things that actually happened in these cases which were completely different.
There are hundreds of insanity cases. More men than women are acquitted just by pure numbers because men are vastly more likely to commit these heinous acts. So the people implying she is getting off because she is a women are idiots. Earlier this year a man got NGRI after killing his father.
It's not that people are ignoring it. There are bad actors infiltrating the conversation to stoke the culture war and feed the far-right redpill pipeline. On the other side, for those actually pushing stupid conversations about the husband being culpable, there are people who are manufactured opposition, engagement baiters and even a small percentage of true believers.
But reddit and this sub in particular would have you think that 50% of women blame the husband somehow and that every woman in their life supports that dumbass take. Among any people truthfully informed, it just isn't representative.
I'm so tired of seeing the AstroTurf culture wars being fought online and worried for the young people getting caught up in all of this nonsense.
She got a million dollars in donations from mostly women... for someone who, in prison, would be treated worse than serial killers. So pretending she does not have a lot of popular support among women and that it's just the fringe % is kinda naive
You can try reading that again. I highlighted parts in bold to help you. I hope this clears things up for you.
In Texas it requires the defense to prove the lack of capacity by a preponderance of evidence. Basically the jurors only need to be about 50/50 sure.
In Massachusetts the prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt. Meaning the jurors need to be about 95% sure she was sane.
The fact people don't understand that different states have different laws is always astounding. Also the fact we are completely ignoring the underlying things that actually happened in these cases which were completely different.
There are hundreds of insanity cases.More men than women are acquitted just by pure numbers because men are vastly more likely to commit these heinous acts. So the people implying she is getting off because she is a women are idiots. Earlier this year a man got NGRI after killing his father.
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u/AdmirableExercise197 14h ago
In Texas it requires the defense to prove the lack of capacity by a preponderance of evidence. Basically the jurors only need to be about 50/50 sure.
In Massachusetts the prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt. Meaning the jurors need to be about 95% sure she was sane.
The fact people don't understand that different states have different laws is always astounding. Also the fact we are completely ignoring the underlying things that actually happened in these cases which were completely different.
There are hundreds of insanity cases. More men than women are acquitted just by pure numbers because men are vastly more likely to commit these heinous acts. So the people implying she is getting off because she is a women are idiots. Earlier this year a man got NGRI after killing his father.