Who's Bad?

No, I am not breaking out the silver glove, leather jacket, and white socks with black loafers. RIP...Mr. King of Pop! I am,however, disgusted with the reaction of people. Recently, there was a lady that was incarcerated after suffocating her children and putting them in the car and pushing it into the river. This story bears striking resemblance to that of Susan Smith years ago who was ironically from the same state and only two hours up the road. There were so many who wanted to throw this current lady under the bus. I've heard comments from those who say she should have no mercy and that they should give her the death penalty. There were so many comments swarming around that had absolutely no compassion for this lady. Now I am not saying in the least bit that her actions should go unpunished. Nor am I condoning what she did in any way. However, society is quick to throw stones and outcast our own instead of moving to the heart of the matter. We tend to think that because we have not murdered or done some other crime that we have the right to pick up the gavel and judge away. I mean think about it. How many people have we killed with our mouths? How many times have we scarred a person for life because we enforced our beliefs or opinions? How are we any better than this disturbed lady? There are so many factors yet to be heard surrounding this case. She cited her mother's disapproval of her parenting skills and the lack of employment as reasons for motive. It is unfortunate that the children have lost their lives because of underlying problems, but we have to become a more compassionate society. In displaying that compassion we will be able to help people so that this type of behavior will not continue.