Without googling, have you heard of Alice Wood?

[DojaPhat]

I'm referring to a news story but I'd like to know if any of you have heard or seen the story in the news? Of course to know about it you will have come across it in the news, but I mean more so from front pages, prime time slots news output - that sort of thing.

Hi, OP. Are you saying it's been downplayed because the murderer is a (white) woman? Or that the press don't deem the tragedy as 'exciting' enough to warrant coverage?

Disclaimer: These are just speculative points of view.

Quite a lot of coverage of the sentencing.

@namechangedtoday2023 I think it has all the elements of what would have been a huge story, dissecting their relationship warts and all but it wasn't. However, my thinking was more behind the (public and press) reaction had she claimed it was a moment of madness and how much that would resonate or render her more innocent if the public were to accept that her otherwise heinous actions could be explained because of a moment of insanity-inducing rage. I was thinking of it in terms of the discussion at the time in the press regarding the limits of mental illness in the context of other news stories and subsequently whose crimes can and cannot be explained by mental illness.

OP This sounds intriguing but it's not ringing any bells. What are you referring to?

Yes. It's been all over the news here and lots of comments on local Facebook groups but I live in the area where it happened.

Should have said, I have heard of the Alice Wood case, I just can't figure out what OP is relating it to.

So, you mean that she would less likely be seen as a monster, had she pled insanity?

Hey, OP

What exactly is it you're getting at? I'm still confused 😊