She Couldn’t Say Why She Did It

The sentence seemed too light for the families of the victims, but they had no choice but to accept the judge’s decision. And in an even more unprecedented events, Allen couldn’t even give a reason for doing what she did. The board that had examined her had said, “You [Allen] are unable to articulate the specific psychological motivations for the violence you perpetrated,” causing her psychological assessment to come back as a “problematic” lack of insight into her crimes.’