Mother, who 溺死するd her two sons, 老年の 3 and 6, in the bathtub so she could be a better mom to her eldest, is 設立する 有罪の of 減らすd 責任／義務 殺人

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A Pennsylvania woman who 溺死するd her two youngest sons in their bathtub because she 手配中の，お尋ね者 to be a better mother to their living older brother has been 設立する 有罪の third-degree 殺人, but has also been みなすd mentally ill.

Laurel Schlemmer killed?six-year-old Daniel and three-year-old Luke in their McCandless, Pennsylvania, home in April 2014 so she could 'get them to heaven' a 法廷，裁判所 heard.

Allegheny 郡 裁判官 Jeffrey Manning said she was 責任がある the slayings, but her mental capacity was 減らすd by her illness.

He said she could not form the 明確な／細部 意図 to kill 要求するd of the first-degree 殺人 有罪の判決 検察官，検事s sought.

First-degree 殺人 carries a 義務的な life 宣告，判決 but, given Schlemmer's age and the 刑罰，罰則s for third-degree 殺人 - as much as 20 to 40 years' incarceration on each count - she may 井戸／弁護士席 receive what 量s to a life 宣告，判決 when she returns for 宣告，判決ing June 8.

Schlemmer was seen Thursday in a red jumpsuit as two Allegheny 郡 郡保安官's 副s 護衛するd her to 法廷，裁判所 for the 判決 in her 殺人 裁判，公判.

Laurel Schlemmer (pictured going to 法廷，裁判所 Thursday) who was 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d with 溺死するing her two youngest sons in their bathtub because she 手配中の，お尋ね者 to be a better mother to their living older brother has been 設立する 有罪の but mentally ill of third-degree 殺人

Schlemmer was seen Thursday in a red jumpsuit as two Allegheny 郡 郡保安官's 副s 護衛するd her to 法廷，裁判所 for the 判決 in her 殺人 裁判，公判

弁護 弁護士／代理人／検事 Michael Machen said the 裁判官 could 宣告，判決 Schlemmer (pictured with her children) consecutively for the 殺人s of six-year-old Daniel (権利) and three-year-old Luke (left), meaning she could receive as much as 40 to 80 years in 刑務所，拘置所

Because the 43-year-old, who held her 長，率いる 負かす／撃墜する as she walked into 法廷，裁判所 Thursday, was 設立する mentally ill, she'll begin any 刑務所，拘置所 宣告，判決 she receives in a 明言する／公表する mental hospital and then be moved to 刑務所，拘置所 to serve the 残りの人，物 if doctors ever みなす her cured.

'It is my 熱烈な hope that in the 未来, mental health 治療 will bring you, Ms. Schlemmer, to the shocking 現実化 of what you have done so that you will continue to be punished far beyond any 宣告，判決 this 法廷，裁判所 may 課す,' Manning said.

弁護 弁護士／代理人／検事 Michael Machen said the 裁判官 could 宣告，判決 Schlemmer consecutively for the 殺人s of six-year-old Daniel and three-year-old Luke, meaning she could receive as much as 40 to 80 years in 刑務所，拘置所, 加える any time Manning m ight 追加する for child endangerment and 証拠 tampering.

Machen called the 事例／患者 'difficult and コンビナート／複合体' and 賞賛するd the 裁判官 for navigating the mental health 問題／発行するs that made the 事例／患者 a 'whydunit' instead of a 'whodunit'.?

Manning said in 配達するing the 判決 that he was 軍隊d to '格闘する with some puzzling psychiatric 問題／発行するs'.

Allegheny 郡 裁判官 Jeffrey Manning 設立する that Schlemmer's (left and 権利) mental capacity was 減らすd by her illness so that she could not form the 明確な／細部 意図 to kill 要求するd of the first-degree 殺人 有罪の判決?

Psychiatrists for the 起訴 and 弁護 証言するd that Schlemmer (with husband 示す Schlemmer) became 関心d that her two youngest sons (pictured) were autistic and would never grow up 普通は even though 実験（する）s showed no 調印するs of the mental 条件

A friend of Schlemmer's, Jenn Martino, 手渡すd out a 簡潔な／要約する 声明 on に代わって of other friends.

'We do not 容赦する or excuse what she did,' the 声明 said.

'However, we want people to know she is not heartless, but rather a beloved child of God who sadly was 苦しむing from mental illness in the form of 不景気 and 苦悩.'

Psychiatrists for the 起訴 and 弁護 証言するd that Schlemmer became 関心d that her two youngest sons were autistic and would never grow up 普通は even though a 殴打／砲列 of 実験（する）s she put them through showed no 調印するs of the mental 条件.

Schlemmer met her husband, 示す, on a Christian （テニスなどの）シングルス online dating 場所／位置, and told doctors she felt '圧力d' to have more children as her husband 選ぶd not to use birth 支配（する）／統制する for 宗教的な 推論する／理由s.

She also had three miscarriages and considered her younger sons, 特に Daniel, to be 'foreign' to her and her husband.

Schlemmer is pictured at the time of her ar 残り／休憩（する） in 2014

It was 設立する that Schlemmer considered Daniel not as 平易な to raise as their oldest boy, who was seven when she 溺死するd her two children after taking the oldest son to a school bus stop on April 1, 2014, Dr Bruce Wright, the 起訴's doctor said.

Schlemmer had 定評のある trying to kill Luke and Daniel in April 2013 by tying their 手渡すs and feet with twine then 支援 over them with her car three times, only to later （人命などを）奪う，主張する that was an 事故.?

Police and social 労働者s （機の）カム to the same 結論 and no 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s were とじ込み／提出するd though Schlemmer told her husband days before the drownings that she 手配中の，お尋ね者 to 自白する the earlier 出来事/事件 to police, but he talked her out of it, 検察官，検事s said.

示す Schlemmer …に出席するd last week's 裁判，公判 証言 but was not in the courtroom for the 判決.

Assistant 地区 弁護士／代理人／検事 Lisa Pellegrini told the 裁判官 that 示す Schlemmer has 繰り返して 侵害する／違反するd a 法廷，裁判所 order that Laurel Schlemmer have no 接触する with their 生き残るing son by bringing him to visit his mother while she was incarcerated を待つing 裁判，公判.

Manning 示すd that 示す Schlemmer would be held in 法廷侮辱（罪） if that continued.

Schlemmer had 定評のある trying to kill Luke and Daniel in April 2013 by tying their 手渡すs and feet with twine then 支援 over them with her car three times, only to later （人命などを）奪う，主張する that was an 事故. 捜査官／調査官s are pictured at their home?