Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 25, 2006 0:57:17 GMT -5
Woman Accused of Tossing Boys into Bay Pleads Insanity
A woman accused of throwing her 3 young sons over a railing and into San
Francisco Bay has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Psychiatric evaluations say 23-year-old Lashuan Harris believes her
children are growing up in heaven.
Harris pleaded not guilty to 3 counts of murder Wednesday in San Francisco
Superior Court. She now must be evaluated by 2 court-appointed mental
health professionals. Those reports are due October 18th. Her trial is
scheduled to begin October 27th.
At least one psychiatrist hired by her public defender already has
concluded Harris was legally insane at the time of the crime and "did not
understand the moral wrongfulness of her actions." That's according to
excerpts from a report by Doctor Jeff Gould obtained by The Associated
Press.
Harris told police and a psychiatrist after the October 19th drownings
that God told her to sacrifice her children - Treyshun Harris, 6, Taronta
Greeley Jr., 2, and Joshoa Greeley, 16 months.
Prosecutors decided in June not to seek the death penalty against Harris,
but they believe it's important to try the case, to bring out the truth.
(source: Associated Press)
A woman accused of throwing her 3 young sons over a railing and into San
Francisco Bay has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Psychiatric evaluations say 23-year-old Lashuan Harris believes her
children are growing up in heaven.
Harris pleaded not guilty to 3 counts of murder Wednesday in San Francisco
Superior Court. She now must be evaluated by 2 court-appointed mental
health professionals. Those reports are due October 18th. Her trial is
scheduled to begin October 27th.
At least one psychiatrist hired by her public defender already has
concluded Harris was legally insane at the time of the crime and "did not
understand the moral wrongfulness of her actions." That's according to
excerpts from a report by Doctor Jeff Gould obtained by The Associated
Press.
Harris told police and a psychiatrist after the October 19th drownings
that God told her to sacrifice her children - Treyshun Harris, 6, Taronta
Greeley Jr., 2, and Joshoa Greeley, 16 months.
Prosecutors decided in June not to seek the death penalty against Harris,
but they believe it's important to try the case, to bring out the truth.
(source: Associated Press)