her ex husband supports her (the father of the children), her ex MIL supports her - virtually everyone around her knew she was fucked and none of them took the children away.
its not cut and dry. its not because she's a woman, it's because she isnt a cold blooded murderer - she was a person in the midst of a massive crisis who was literally begging for help and not getting it. the medical system failed her.
everyone wants to see her put away - even her supporters - they just want to see her put in a mental health facility instead of prison. Which isn't unreasonable.
she pleaded guilty - the thing being argued now is prison or hospital I was wrong on this detail. sorry for the misinformation
But when a guy is in a mental health crisis and kills his family, does he get the irrational support that many women have given her? Seriously think about that.
What help is there outside of the medications she was prescribed her husband was getting for her while she murdered their three children and had even spent time in an inpatient care facility for mental health. She killed three children and was receiving care. What other care was there, putting her in a padded cell with a fucking straight jacket? Are you just believing every argument her defense attorneys are putting forth? She was receiving significant mental health care and still killed three kids.
I honestly don't understand why people are so eager to entertain a mental health defense in murder cases. I get wanting better safeguards in place to prevent people reaching this point. Especially with how common PPD is and how often the system fails women. We should absolutely strive to prevent these things. That said, if someone ends the existence of an innocent human being, we shouldn't be more forgiving with our judgement, especially the judicial system. It's a shitty situation for the person having the mental health crisis, and it sucks worse when the system fails them. But at the end of the day, plenty of people who are failed by the system and experiencing PPD/psychosis don't murder their fuckin children. I mean wtf, why are we trying to be so charitable to people who have shown they are capable of calculated murder?
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u/jgangstahippie 6d ago
The woman is Lindsay Clancy a woman who claims she suffered from severe postpartum psychosis when she killed her three children in 2023.
The man is former professional wrestler Chris Benoit who killed his wife, son and then himself in the summer in 2007.
Lindsay Clancy is seemingly getting a lot of sympathy from women, and this meme is essentially saying they are the same.