[Oldeconomybuyer]

Jurors reach decision on punishment in Yates case; prosecutors say kids `never had a chance'
PAM EASTON, Associated Press Writer
Friday, March 15, 2002
©2002 Associated Press

URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2002/03/15/national1438EST0653.DTL

(03-15) 11:38 PST HOUSTON (AP) --  A jury took just less than an hour Friday to decide whether Andrea Yates should live or die for drowning her children in the bathtub. The verdict was to be announced later in the day.

Earlier Friday, prosecutors told jurors there were reasons to send her to death row for drowning her children but said they could accept a life prison term.

[hellinahandcart]

"No" = Life in prison

[yoe]

This woman IMHO did not deserve to live out her life in the seclusion she has sought at the taxpayer's expense. She was deliberate in her successful efforts to kill her children trying to prove to her husband, doctor and minister she needed help.

I am sorry she was not given the death penalty and with it the peace she seeks. Five dead children should have made the DP a must; she is beyond earthly help.