Defense of Medea Infamous Infanticide Essay

Calling herself an "ill-fated woman" (1251), Medea told reporters through an emissary that the very sight of the children reminded her of her sacrifices to Jason, and the uncovered plot that Creon and the princess were ready to "throw me out of this land and get away with it" (1358).

The trial promises to be lively, with the prosecution asking for the death penalty with all due prejudice. Defense will have its own challenges, guilt is apparent and admitted, it will remain to see the defense's skill in making the Judge and Jury believe that the circumstance surrounding the crime were sufficient to explain the act. When asked what he'd like to see happen to Medea, her attorney commented, "Has she not suffered enough. Has she not spent years of her life awaiting a husband, faithfully executing her duties to him and never straying. To find out that she was to be discarded and exiled, and that her children would call a young princess "mother" was just too much. Coupled with her barbarian heritage, she just snapped."

Medea the "monster" -- Trial summations due tomorrow.

Syngrafeas T. Altheia, Special to the Cornith Gazetteer

What an exciting judicial javelin match over the last few days. Media the "monster" on trial for the murder of her children and two others sits wide eyed at the defense table.Medea, accused of first-degree murder, infanticide, fraud, and emotional trauma, heard from teary witness after witness describe her cunning nature, her bestial temper, and her premeditation in the murders of her two children, Princess Glauce and King Creon.

Medea's attorney has wisely kept her from the media, although a spokesperson for the defense told Gazetteer reporters that they would center their rebuttal on the fact that Medea is being treated more harshly because of foreign origins. The Judge has already dismissed two overly vocal jurors for xenophobic comments. Additionally, the defense will argue for a plea of innocence using a temporary insanity defense. "Medea was highly traumatized by Jason's departure, and the subsequent news he had remarried for 'political reasons'." This said the defense, coupled with stress, homesickness, and sexual discrimination simply made her snap.

In a rather surprising set of strategic maneuvers, the defense recalled several prosecutorial witnesses. The children's nurse, for instance, stated that "Mistress spent days in her room crying, talking nonsense to herself, and pacing once she heard about the Master's new wife.".....