 After listening to a reading of the prosecution 's case against her , Green read a statement to the court in which she said that she understood that the state had " substantial evidence " that she had caused her children 's deaths , and that though her attorneys were prepared to provide evidence that she had not been in control of herself at the time of the children 's deaths , she was choosing not to contest the state 's evidence in the hope that the end of the case would allow her family , especially her surviving daughter , to begin to heal . In a subsequent press conference , defense counsel Dennis Moore told reporters , " She is accepting responsibility for [ the crimes ] " but said that " I don 't think she ever intended to kill her children . " 
