Those Who Judge

Today a jury gave its verdict in the re-trial of Andrea Yates, who said she heard voices that told her to drown her five children in a bathtub. Not guilty, by reason of insanity. Whether or not you have trouble feeling compassion for Andrea Yates, surely we would feel less conflicted if our justice system revised its language. In a culture that routinely abandons personal responsibility, wouldn't we do better to render such defendants "guilty and insane"?