Re Louise’s sister’s insistence that Louise is insane:
If Louise were my sister, I’d be insisting on it too. How else could someone I cared about do the things Louise has done?
And even without being her sister or even remotely sympathetic to this monster, I have to ask, what other explanation, other than insanity, is there?
No one in her right mind would have 13 kids (the last one probably with considerable difficulty, fertility treatments, etc.) and then starve, beat and torture them. No one in her right mind would bring these same half-starved kids along to 3 different vow renewals in Vegas. No one in her right mind would chain (or stand by while someone else chained) her children, much less leave them chained for long periods of time.
Louise is definitely insane. That doesn’t mean that she is not legally and morally responsible.
I would not be surprised if she has been pushed further into her madness by being caught and jailed. She must be in shock that the truth is coming out and she is powerless. The delusion that it is all a mistake and she will be freed is a way to cope emotionally.
Be that as it may, I believe she is responsible for her actions. And I trust the courts will find her so.
If Louise were my sister, I’d be insisting on it too. How else could someone I cared about do the things Louise has done?
And even without being her sister or even remotely sympathetic to this monster, I have to ask, what other explanation, other than insanity, is there?
No one in her right mind would have 13 kids (the last one probably with considerable difficulty, fertility treatments, etc.) and then starve, beat and torture them. No one in her right mind would bring these same half-starved kids along to 3 different vow renewals in Vegas. No one in her right mind would chain (or stand by while someone else chained) her children, much less leave them chained for long periods of time.
Louise is definitely insane. That doesn’t mean that she is not legally and morally responsible.
I would not be surprised if she has been pushed further into her madness by being caught and jailed. She must be in shock that the truth is coming out and she is powerless. The delusion that it is all a mistake and she will be freed is a way to cope emotionally.
Be that as it may, I believe she is responsible for her actions. And I trust the courts will find her so.