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For some reason the article gave me the feeling she may have been a "mail order bride", which means she probably was totally dependent on her husband and may have had limited English skills. It is shameful that he didn't seek to get her prenatal care or even make sure she was attended to by...

It makes me so sad that the children who face such horrific torture at the hands of their parents only find love once they are dead. I can't imagine treating a child in that way.

Susan Polk was exactly who I thought of when I heard that she wanted to defend herself. Another sociopath who thinks she is smarter then everyone else. SP was actually the last case I followed closely. I have been reading reports on this one on CNN and I am so grateful that Casey is being held...

In regards to the women who cut off her babies arms, it is my understanding that she was diagnosed with a brain tumor after her trial. Brain tumors can often cause people to hallucinate, exhibit personality changes, and lose it in general. She tried to seek medical help several times, but each...

Raving is not exclusively based on drug use, and although 15 seems young to be at an after hours party I knew many people when I was in high school who went to raves not because of drugs but because they enjoyed the music, they enjoyed dancing, and they enjoyed the tight-knit and massively...

She never said it was justified. In fact she has explicitly stated that it was not justified. She said she could understand how a situation could escalate to that point. Understanding or justifying are two different things.

The entire field of criminal psychology is based upon trying to understand criminal behavior. Only through understanding can we ever hope to develop effective techniques for identifying and treating pathalogical criminals. There is nothing wrong with trying to better understand human behavior in...

Isn't there a degree of manslaughter that is specificaly linked to deaths caused by negligence? It seems as though this would fit the bill. I do feel for the father, this is without a doubt one of the worst case scenerios one could imagine occuring from a decision to leave a child alone. The...

Is it even possible to diagnose a child that young with Bi-polar? I was under the impression that most mental illness cannot be accurately diagnosed until at least adolesence. It sounds like there was a power struggle going on between the "mother" and the poor little boy. Perhapes she was able...

If the result of the trial is her life-time confinment in a mental hospital, what happens if many years down the line she is "cured" and is no longer insane? At that point it would no longer be appropriate for her to be in a psychiatric facility, so would she be transfered to a prision in order...

This is sounding less and less like a case of no-one reporting the abuse, and more and more of a case of reported abuse not being properly investigated by the appropriate authorities. How much more effective would ACH be if they put even half the effort into helping children that they seem to...

Ummm... please don't stop to help some one stranded on the side of the road. You never know if they are armed, if there is someone waiting in the car who's going to pop out at you, etc. Most people have cell phones nowadays, and should be able to call for help. If you see someone who you are...

Treating drug offenders and treating sex offenders are two totally differrent things. I'm not even sure that an effective method for treating sex criminals or that the psychological community even fully understands these kinds of people. However, going to jail for possesion and going to jail...

Another example of why it is so important to try to escape if you are ever kidnapped. I have no doubt that he would have done to her what he did to her poor children had she not thought quickly and managed to get away.

I do not have a confirmed source regarding her pimping out her daughter, and I also had not read that she worked at the truck stop. I thought she was hanging around and struck up a conversation with the guy. So I guess I don't really know if she is telling the truth, he is telling the truth, or...

Has anyone heard any mention of meth being a factor in this case? It doesn't say what substance his previous narcotic charge was for, but from the looks of them, they could be meth addicts.

I just re-read everything and I guess I was being niave. That does appear to be what she was doing. I can't even imagine the circumstances that lead to even the discussion of such an arrangement. How does something like that ever come up? :eek::eek::eek::eek:

I agree that his people should have at least told hers. Celebreties are more then just recognizable people, they are also brands and corporations. A celebrety marriage is just as much a merger of corporations as it is a romantic commitment (sometimes even more so!) He's actions come off as not...

Or to take it a step further, why would you hire a man you met at a TRUCK STOP to babysit your kids? Doesn't the state help find care for disabled children, especially if they live in disadvantaged families? :confused:

I think your right, she was just saying what she thought she should say. I would not be surprised at all if she knew what happened, if not before then at least after. Hopefully for the sake of her daughter her worst crime is not going to the authorities and not actual participation in the murders.