TEN MONTHS?????????

[katydidthat]

Aussie child killer to be sent home from CanadaBy Dan Karpenchuk in Toronto

Posted 21 minutes ago

PHOTO: Allyson McConnell with her Canadian husband Curtis and their sons, two-year-old Connor and 10...RELATED STORY: Aussie child killer to be released from jailRELATED STORY: Prosecutors appeal mum's manslaughter convictionMAP: Canada

An Australian woman who killed her two sons in Canada three years ago will be deported to Australia on Monday.

Allyson McConnell drowned her two young sons in the family bathtub in the town of Millet, south of Edmonton, in 2010.

After a two-for-one credit and time served, McConnell's six-year prison sentence for manslaughter was reduced to 15 months.

She ended up serving 10 months in a psychiatric hospital.

Canadian immigration officials put McConnell under a deportation order after her sentence ran out on April 4.

Prosecutors in Alberta appealed her conviction and sentence, saying they want her charged with second-degree murder,

However immigration officials have ruled that an appeal is not enough to stop her deportation.

McConnell's former husband Curtis McConnell says he is appalled that someone who kills two innocent children and has only served 10 months for the crime will now be free to start a new family in Australia.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-06/aussie-child-killer-to-be-sent-home-from-canada/4613488

I'll post some other articles with more information, but this short sentence just amazes me so far.  

[*pepe]

it would be great if a polar bear ate her before they can ship her back here.

canada's sentencing is even more lenient than ours.

its ridiculous.

[katydidthat]

The last link I posted had some stats on mothers who kill their children.  I had no idea that it happened so often (Canadian stats).  

[freakiness]

I would not want to be on a plane with a suicidal person.

Giving things away can be a warning sign of suicide but most people would not immediately think of that at the time.

I think I'm so happy not to be one of the unlucky ones to unravel so far and have to live with the fall out forever, or until I could find a way to end it as I sure as hell would not want ot live with that knowledge.

[catsnknots]

Do you realise that you travel on planes, trains and on roads with people every day that are contemplating suicide??? You work with them, can be married to them, are parents to them... are just friends to them as well??? 

It is a thought that many people have and that most people will never act on. 

The very fact that they were getting a divorce probably shows that she was severely depressed and not getting on well with her husband... It was probably the divorce that triggered the mania...

I am not surprised that he did not notice... many men do not know that their partners are suffering PND let alone this type of psychosis. I had a very supportive partner at the time.. I am surprised he stayed as I was very difficult to live with. But he didn't know the depth of my darkest thinking. 

[polksaladallie]

canada's sentencing is even more lenient than ours.

its ridiculous.

Not quite right, pepe.  There are many infanticides (by mothers) due to PPD in Australia, but most are not publicised because the cause is recognised as a medical condition and they are treated accordingly.