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In reply to the discussion: Should Andrea Yates be allowed to go to church once a week? [View all]YellowRubberDuckie
(19,736 posts)22. No.
They have clergy who comes to prison to do church services. Let her have them there with the other murderers.
With all the people that find God while in Prison, I'd say he dwells there anyway, so just let her stay there. She is mentally ill, sure, but we don't let the Son of Sam out to go to church. Why should we let her? Just because she's a woman and murdered her kids instead of strangers? Doesn't that make it worse?
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Yes, all of her delusions, leading to murder, were based on extreme religious views.
MoonRiver
Apr 2012
#2
I would be OK with that as long as there are some conditions. She should be monitored and
Arkansas Granny
Apr 2012
#18
I know about her case. It happened while I was in college. We studied it.
YellowRubberDuckie
Apr 2012
#40
as long as all the others mentally ill killers are allowed to attend the weekly event of their
Liberal_in_LA
Apr 2012
#24
She should get life imprisonment in the deepest hole under the ground, no parole, no sunlight. Ever.
Zalatix
Apr 2012
#26
It is possible to make insane people worse by ignoring the problem...
YellowRubberDuckie
Apr 2012
#30
I do understand the mentality behind finding the nearest MALE to turn into a scapegoat
Zalatix
Apr 2012
#46