I agree with the sentence, for manslaughter with grounds of diminished responsiblity is all. The judge took her mental state into consideration and she was found sane.
I do not find this crucifying.
And I reserve my compassion, for those the world over who must watch their children die, and there is really, absolutely, NOTHING they can do. No getting back at a partner, they broke no laws, they may be equally as depressed.
That child took 2 or more hours to die, at the hands of one she most trusted and who knew how to otherwise despatch her quickly.
And tbh, 'There but for the grace . . .' no longer applies to all, and particularly not to me, who has suffered with mental illness.
Till you walk a mile in those shoes? I already have. I washed and dressed a dead child. The skin on her left heel peeled away, from pressure sores. It was all the funeral directors could do, to erase the skin discolouration from the chemo from her beautiful little face. And I slept with her, completely warped from lack of sleep. She was rigid when I woke. That was only 6 hours after she died. And this gal went and dressed her?
I reserve my compassion for those who, like us, in our warped mental states after 60 days with severe sleep deprivation, had no choice.
She was found sane and guilty.