Infanticide or Murder....shocking and disturbing story out of New Zealand

Out of New Zealand, this sad story.

A 13 mo. of boy is left unattended in a deep bath for 15 minutes by a mother that is obviously disturbed. As she is on trial the defense is offering the jury the option of infanticide instead of murder. I had to look up the legal terms to understand. I certainly know what murder and infanticide is but under the legal definitions, the jury can find her guilty of infanticide that offers a lesser sentence requirement if the baby is newly born and the mother has shown signs of postpartum depression. Thus a lighter sentence with a max of 5 yrs.

The second story has more detail but omits the age of the child that was drowned which is strange since they talk about the infanticide defense. I would wonder why they did not go straight to the insanity defense as they report that upon finding the baby drowned, she did not call for help but surfed the net and spent time on Facebook with her 5 yr old daughter and dead 13 mo. old son in the house. Sadly the children were removed from the home by their version of Protective Services and returned just two days before the incident.