It beggars belief that her sentence was commuted to 12 years for manslaughter instead of murder because they were not convinced that the victims died solely because of the actions of Christina Hansen. Regardless of whether the deceased patients were old and frail, their deaths were brought forward by Hansen who craved the thrill of resuscitating the patients and the "aw shucks, you did your best" when they did not make it.
The woman was diagnosed with histrionic personality disorder, but she is also extremely narcissistic (her needs matter more than the rights of others) and anti-social (she will go to extreme lengths to get her needs met, even if unlawful). The 12-year sentence means that she will be let out into the Danish community in 2028 at the age of 44. People like her cannot be rehabilitated. She can be counted on to damage more people and commit more crimes to satisfy her insatiable appetite for attention, adulation and affection.
One could regard her with empathy for she was most likely the victim of an exceedingly emotionally deprived childhood. Her psychopathology is her life sentence. But it does not help the families of the countless victims who died so that she could get her five minutes of fame. I can understand why some reviews thought that the series could have depicted the trial of Hansen. With the sentence reduction, it would have ultimately been anti-climatic. Four episodes were enough, and the final episode was especially well done in conveying the tension and suspense.
The woman was diagnosed with histrionic personality disorder, but she is also extremely narcissistic (her needs matter more than the rights of others) and anti-social (she will go to extreme lengths to get her needs met, even if unlawful). The 12-year sentence means that she will be let out into the Danish community in 2028 at the age of 44. People like her cannot be rehabilitated. She can be counted on to damage more people and commit more crimes to satisfy her insatiable appetite for attention, adulation and affection.
One could regard her with empathy for she was most likely the victim of an exceedingly emotionally deprived childhood. Her psychopathology is her life sentence. But it does not help the families of the countless victims who died so that she could get her five minutes of fame. I can understand why some reviews thought that the series could have depicted the trial of Hansen. With the sentence reduction, it would have ultimately been anti-climatic. Four episodes were enough, and the final episode was especially well done in conveying the tension and suspense.