George Parnham
George Parnham
celebrated either expert health incapable knew knowing mental park wrong
Only one mental health expert testified that Andrea knew that what she was doing was wrong, and that was the celebrated Park Dietz. Every other mental health expert ... testified that she was either incapable of knowing what she was doing was wrong or did not know what she was doing was wrong.
forgo gladly needs
She would gladly forgo this process, ... but, you know, the right thing needs to be done here, and we're going to do it.
circumstance expected understand
She's doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances, which I know you understand are extreme.
continued front help jury pressures situation time
Continued hospitalization for Andrea will help her withstand the pressures and rigors of one more time of going back to this situation in front of a jury and in front of the public.
causing courtroom happened imagine kids knowing reliving sitting tragedy trial
Could you imagine sitting in a courtroom reliving the tragedy that happened to your kids and knowing that you are on trial for causing that tragedy?
five locked
Things that we take for granted, she doesn't and did not having been locked away for five years.
literally trying
These are trying times for Andrea - literally and figuratively. She's tense. She's terrified.
grave offense risk type woman
A woman with this notoriety, with this type of offense charged, would be at risk ... I have grave, grave concerns.
brought capable illness regrets
that she regrets that this illness brought her to a place where she was capable of killing her own children.
bad david decisions harris memory vilify
I'm not up here to vilify the memory of David Harris ... but there were some bad choices, folks. There were some bad decisions made here.
care court health mental wants
He thought that the court had done the right thing, and he wants only mental health care for Andrea,
nature suggest unless
I don't take these things lightly. I don't make allegations of this nature unless there is something to suggest that something smells.
beginning court decided eventually hear indicator involving judicial mental obviously operating psychotic reality recognize speaks system volumes
It speaks volumes that the court has decided to hear the (Arizona) case. It's obviously an indicator that our judicial system is beginning to recognize the inadequacy of our laws. The reality of mental illness, particularly involving a person who is operating in a world of psychotic delusion, is beginning to be appreciated by our judges, and eventually will be by our prosecutors.
good issue mental
It's a good day. The whole issue of mental health, specifically women's mental health, has been championed in this decision.