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I couldn’t find a source on the possession thing, but maybe you’re referring to the general way that mental health used to be explained by the supernatural when we didn’t fully understand the involved conditions.

https://www.findlaw.com/criminal/criminal-procedure/the-insanity-defense-history-and-background.html#%3A~%3Atext=Courts+in+ancient+Rome+and%2Cpardon+or+mitigate+a+sentence

This article was a fun read, and so was the wiki :)

Also, they’re looking for specific, named conditions/diagnosis. Nobody is claiming she’s insane because she killed her kids. They’re pointing to the history of mental health issues/treatment, various prescribed psych meds, the immediate subsequent suicide attempt, etc. Mental health professionals testified for both sides. It isn’t a vibes thing.

She admitted to the killings, yes. The problem was deciding her mental fitness to be held responsible criminally.

Lets not just ignore the legal nuance that makes this a complex situation. Otherwise we’ll just talk past each other the entire time.

I mean, wasn’t it either prison or high security mental health facility? I don’t think she gets off scott free either way.

I don’t get why people act like the dude was the sole hero blocking her from going free and getting starbucks on the way to her next infanticide.

They could have a little beep, like some cars do when you lock them. Made relatively quiet with the double beep further differentiating from a regular honk.

Ba’al clones himself at one point, so there’s at least 10 of him