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Andrea Yates Appeals Drowning Convictions
Fox News ^ | 4/30/04 | Associated Press

Posted on 04/30/2004 5:17:50 PM PDT by MVV

HOUSTON — More than two years after Andrea Yates (search) was found guilty of drowning her children in a bathtub, her attorney appealed Friday in a challenge to Texas insanity law.

The appeal also detailed what defense attorneys said were 19 errors made during the trial, including the court's decision to admit the clothing the children wore at the time of their death and alleged false testimony by a prosecution expert witness.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: andreayates; drownings; judge
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I hope she rots in jail!
1 posted on 04/30/2004 5:17:51 PM PDT by MVV
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To: MVV
The last column Ann Coulter wrote before 9/11 is about Andrea Yates, and it's still one of my favorites...
http://anncoulter.org/columns/2001/090601.htm
2 posted on 04/30/2004 5:21:58 PM PDT by Afghan Whig
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To: Afghan Whig
LOL, Ann is great, she never breaks character in this column.

Here is my fave bit:

"Many women (64 percent) are mature enough to become mothers, but not mature enough to make their own abortion decisions before the choice grows into a teen-ager."

LOL, they better NEVER make it legal to kill your teenagers, the streets would be littered with bodies!
3 posted on 04/30/2004 5:37:15 PM PDT by jocon307 (The dems don't get it, the American people do.)
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To: MVV
Oh boy, this thread is going to last all weekend.

She needs to be placed in a private psychiatric institution. She needed to be placed in one many years ago. That other woman who killed her kids got away with not guilty by reason of insanity. Andrea Yates' mental problems were well documented, while this woman(what the hell is her name!)said God told her to kill her kids by bashing their heads in with rocks. She was the perfect homeschooling Christian mommy. Her house was immaculate, and she kept herself up. Put up a pic of her and Andrea Yates and tell me who should be in prison.

It doesn't matter. Rumor has it that the antipsychotic drugs are working so well, that Mrs. Yates is constantly trying to kill herself.
4 posted on 04/30/2004 5:38:19 PM PDT by TheSpottedOwl (Torrance Ca....land of the flying monkeys)
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To: TheSpottedOwl
She needs execution since she is a demon or is demon possessed
5 posted on 04/30/2004 5:41:36 PM PDT by dennisw (GD is against Amalek for all generations)
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To: TheSpottedOwl
Hey, she's pro choice! You can let your kids live or not!

Who cares about the timing?

sarcasm off...
6 posted on 04/30/2004 6:07:18 PM PDT by gortklattu
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To: TheSpottedOwl
She needs to be placed in a private psychiatric institution.

Bull crap. She needs to repent and clean for her own mess. It is not OUR responsability....

Insanity pleas only mean the community at large did too little too late for the kids and is guilty. In that case, I cannot accept the guilt. Thank you.

7 posted on 04/30/2004 6:11:03 PM PDT by JudgemAll
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To: dennisw
From the Fox article:
Her husband, Russell Yates, continues working at the Johnson Space Center and is trying to sell the one-story brown brick home where his children were killed.
I can't imagine living in a house where something like this happened. Every time I went past the bathroom, I'd see that little boy fighting for his life.
8 posted on 04/30/2004 6:11:05 PM PDT by reformed_democrat
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To: MVV
This is a good reason for the death penalty, which she should have received.
9 posted on 04/30/2004 6:11:56 PM PDT by PeoplesRepublicOfWashington
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I feel the same way. I am a licensed Realtor in PA & DE, can you imagine having to disclose this crime? And if you know about you, you have to disclose it to your clients! Yikes....
10 posted on 04/30/2004 6:30:35 PM PDT by MVV (Compassionate Conservative!)
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Wonderful post, Owl! I totally agree with you!
11 posted on 04/30/2004 6:32:45 PM PDT by MVV (Compassionate Conservative!)
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To: MVV
"Honey, I drowned the children!"
12 posted on 04/30/2004 6:40:15 PM PDT by The Duke
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To: MVV
Russell Yates also needs to be in prison. He knew that the doctors had said that his wife should not ever become pregnant again and what does he do, gets her pregnant again. As far as I am concerned he is just as culpable as she is and more so, he know damn well how sick she was!!
13 posted on 04/30/2004 6:50:52 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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can you imagine having to disclose this crime?

< shudder >It would creep me out to have to show the house.

14 posted on 04/30/2004 7:14:22 PM PDT by reformed_democrat
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To: dennisw
She needs execution since she is a demon or is demon possessed

I completely understand your point of view. She didn't live by herself. Family members observed her decline, but did nothing. She should be put into an appropriate psychiactric setting. Maybe the "sane" members of her immediate family should be answering some questions.

15 posted on 04/30/2004 7:19:49 PM PDT by TheSpottedOwl (Torrance Ca....land of the flying monkeys)
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To: TheSpottedOwl
OK, so even if she is put in a private institution, I pray she never gets out. Not even on a day trip. NEVER!

She's evil, Owl.

Don't get me started what I think of her poor excuse of a husband and former father to his dead kids. He failed them all.

sw

16 posted on 04/30/2004 7:31:19 PM PDT by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: MVV
I don't care about ANY technicalities. That woman should NEVER get out of jail!
17 posted on 04/30/2004 7:33:30 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: JudgemAll
Of course it is not our responsibility for what she did. However, she was shopped around for several years to psychiatrists, and nothing was done. The end result is 4 dead angels.

I don't understand why you think that you should accept any kind of guilt in this particular situation.

How can a mentally ill person actually repent? I have heard that she's on meds, and is now actively trying to kill herself. Is that good enough for you?
18 posted on 04/30/2004 7:36:36 PM PDT by TheSpottedOwl (Torrance Ca....land of the flying monkeys)
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Thanks. I was completely horrified when this story broke. Her husband's behavior since the murders made me rethink my original theory.

Instead of throwing verbal bricks at her, we should be praying for her soul. We should also thank God that we are not her.
19 posted on 04/30/2004 7:45:42 PM PDT by TheSpottedOwl (Torrance Ca....land of the flying monkeys)
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To: spectre
She's evil, Owl.

What she did to her poor babies was surely evil. Is she herself evil? Examine her life. She was everything to everyone.

You'll hear from a lot of people saying there is no such thing as "postpartum psychosis". There is such a thing, and a child left in care with someone suffering from it is in grave danger.

Her husband is an accessory, imo. He knew, as did the rest of the family, that this woman had gone over the edge.

20 posted on 04/30/2004 7:59:30 PM PDT by TheSpottedOwl (Torrance Ca....land of the flying monkeys)
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