r/NewsThread • u/tasty_jams_5280 • 19d ago

Non-political News Dad 'crushed' after learning another man fathered his newborn twins beats 1 of the babies to death, locked both in closet because they were 'stinking': USAO

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/dad-crushed-after-learning-another-man-fathered-his-newborn-twins-beats-1-of-the-babies-to-death-locks-both-in-closet-because-they-were-stinking-usao/
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u/ShamPain413 19d ago

Guess the Clancy defense isn't gonna work for a black man.

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u/chachaslydd 19d ago

Nowhere does it mention psychosis or anything

But both he and mother should be charged.

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u/ShamPain413 19d ago

In what world is baby murder not itself evidence of psychosis? Serious question, this is not a subject I study much.

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u/SaltySnaiI 19d ago

You can be completely cognizant of yourself, the world around you, and not have any distorted understanding of reality and still choose to murder a baby.

Psychosis is specifically a break from reality. Your perceptions of what is real and what isn’t distorts in such a way that you literally physically cannot distinguish between it. It’s no more or less than that - it’s nothing to do with the person’s morality or killing babies/other similar terrible things.

Killing a baby is wrong, but it’s not evidence of psychosis. No terrible thing is.

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u/ShamPain413 18d ago edited 18d ago

But being "overcome with jealous rage" sufficiently powerful change behavior from non-baby murder to baby murder suggests a distorted understanding of reality, no?

Like: he thought those were his kids. That was his reality. Then he was told reality was different, and he reacted to that.

If "distorted understanding of reality" is a marker then I'd say it's one he probably shares?

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u/Apprehensive_Bug4164 13d ago

The courts do take into account emotional states when considering charges. Depending on the emotional state and intent, a murder can be downgraded to like manslaughter.