The story of Andrea Yates is the story of any of us who has been beaten down by life, driven to a point of desperation, and then 'finished off' by the forces that drove us to the edge in the first place. Her conviction may have BEEN 'justice' but 'justice' was not needed in her case.
What was needed was a very good long hard look at MOTHERhood and family and all that we as a society have heaped upon it. Throw in impossible standards, undeserved "praise," glaring judgmental eyes, insensitivity, a willingness to abandon the uncomfortable, and we end up with a soup pot, ready to boil over with similar cases.
Not enough can be said about this case. Thankfully, the tide seems to be turning for Andrea. She is fully pardoned in my book.
Vim
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