How blessed are women who suffer from severe and dangerous postpartum psychosis to have a man like George Parnham to defend them? First he defended Andrea Yates, and just recently he served as the lawyer for Otty Sanchez, whose story is so gruesome I'm just not going to replay it here. Suffice it to say she had postpartum psychosis and committed infanticide. Even the district attorney in the case recognized her plight:
"[District Attorney Susan] Reed said she was horrified by what Sanchez did, but also disturbed by the fact that she had sought treatment before killing her son and did not receive the care she needed."
Last week,Sanchez was found not guilty by reason of insanity in a plea deal. She will be committed to a state mental institution in Texas rather than being put on trial.
For the full story, click here, but don't read it if you are currently suffering as it may upset you, and there's just no need for that.
Thank you, George, for everything you do for the otherwise defenseless and terribly ill women who need help.
