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BREAKING NEWS Andrea Yates, the Houston woman convicted of drowning her five children in a bathtub, to get new trial, her attorney tells CNN.
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BREAKING NEWS Andrea Yates, the Houston woman convicted of drowning her five children in a bathtub, to get new trial, her attorney tells CNN.
(there's no story up yet, I'm not sure how/why)
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Re: BREAKING NEWS Andrea Yates, the Houston woman convicted of drowning her five children in a bathtub, to get new trial, her attorney tells CNN.
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Re: BREAKING NEWS Andrea Yates, the Houston woman convicted of drowning her five children in a bathtub, to get new trial, her attorney tells CNN.
I am very intrigued to hear why
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| Posted 11/9/05 11:18 AM |
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Re: BREAKING NEWS Andrea Yates, the Houston woman convicted of drowning her five children in a bathtub, to get new trial, her attorney tells CNN.
What CRAP 
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| Posted 11/9/05 11:19 AM |
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Re: BREAKING NEWS Andrea Yates, the Houston woman convicted of drowning her five children in a bathtub, to get new trial, her attorney tells CNN.
I was watching this story on TV over the wk end and I think it has something to do with the prosecutions doctor (psychiatrist) who made fals statements about things she said and did while in session with him.
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| Posted 11/9/05 11:28 AM |
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Re: BREAKING NEWS Andrea Yates, the Houston woman convicted of drowning her five children in a bathtub, to get new trial, her attorney tells CNN.
DA: New trial for Andrea Yates
Plea bargain possible in child-drowning case
Wednesday, November 9, 2005; Posted: 11:11 a.m. EST (16:11 GMT)
HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- Texas' highest criminal court on Wednesday let stand a lower court ruling that threw out Andrea Yates' murder convictions for drowning her children in a bathtub in June 2001.
Harris County Assistant District Attorney Alan Curry said the case would be retried or a plea bargain considered.
Jurors rejected Yates insanity defense in 2002 and found her guilty of two capital murder charges for the deaths of three of her five children.
Curry said if the case goes back to trial, he is confident Yates would be convicted again. He said a plea bargain also may be discussed.
"Andrea Yates knew precisely what she was doing," Curry said. "She knew that it was wrong."
Yates' attorney, George Parnham told CNN that he hoped Yates belongs mental health facility, not behind bars.
"She has been told she will be retried," Parhnam said. "She doesn't want to go through this process. She is very concerned about it. The right thing needs to be done here."
The First Court of Appeals in Houston overturned Yates' 2002 convictions in January because of false testimony from forensic psychiatrist Park Dietz.
Curry asked the highest criminal court in Texas, based in Austin, to reconsider the lower court's ruling. He said the lower court wrongly applied the law when it overturned the convictions.
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| Posted 11/9/05 11:29 AM |
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Re: BREAKING NEWS Andrea Yates, the Houston woman convicted of drowning her five children in a bathtub, to get new trial, her attorney tells CNN.
Posted by Leeners
DA: New trial for Andrea Yates
Plea bargain possible in child-drowning case
Wednesday, November 9, 2005; Posted: 11:11 a.m. EST (16:11 GMT)
HOUSTON, Texas (AP) -- Texas' highest criminal court on Wednesday let stand a lower court ruling that threw out Andrea Yates' murder convictions for drowning her children in a bathtub in June 2001.
Harris County Assistant District Attorney Alan Curry said the case would be retried or a plea bargain considered.
Jurors rejected Yates insanity defense in 2002 and found her guilty of two capital murder charges for the deaths of three of her five children.
Curry said if the case goes back to trial, he is confident Yates would be convicted again. He said a plea bargain also may be discussed.
"Andrea Yates knew precisely what she was doing," Curry said. "She knew that it was wrong."
Yates' attorney, George Parnham told CNN that he hoped Yates belongs mental health facility, not behind bars.
"She has been told she will be retried," Parhnam said. "She doesn't want to go through this process. She is very concerned about it. The right thing needs to be done here."
The First Court of Appeals in Houston overturned Yates' 2002 convictions in January because of false testimony from forensic psychiatrist Park Dietz.
Curry asked the highest criminal court in Texas, based in Austin, to reconsider the lower court's ruling. He said the lower court wrongly applied the law when it overturned the convictions.
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yep there you go, thats what i was talking about.
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| Posted 11/9/05 11:37 AM |
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