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Pastimes : Who's Guiltier?-- Andrea Yates or her Husband?
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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (37)2/27/2002 3:00:34 AM
From: mph  Read Replies (1) of 74
 
I'd have to hear the evidence firsthand.

However, I know from experience that
people can find experts to support
their theories regardless of what they are.

The question becomes whether the court,
as the gatekeeper of evidence, allows
such testimony in. Ostensibly junk science
is inadmissible.

I have not followed this case. The criminal
law is not a area in which I practice. Consequently,
I don't really know whether the PPD defense would
be allowed.

My gut tells me it would have to be a strong
showing akin to temporary insanity. The act of
killing one's children goes against human
nature and instinct and it would take a lot
of compelling evidence for me to find that
PPD lead to an exculpatory state of mind.

BWDIK.

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