in the hinckley case and dietz was also a consultant on the hit series law & order. on several points, the experts agreed. we both agreed that she had a severe mental disease when she drowned her children. we both agreed she believed she was doing what was in the best interest of the children, and we both agreed she knew what she was doing against the law. where we differed was despite what was against the law, she believes she was doing what was right for her children. the prosecution contended there was more method than madness. she said satan was telling her this, and if you re a religious person and satan is telling you to do something, you start out with the assumption that it s wrong, that it s bad conduct, so starting from that simple proposition, we knew that she knew that it was wrong, and she d expressed that she knew it was wrong.
in the hinckley case and dietz was also a consultant on the hit series law & order. on several points, the experts agreed. we both agreed that she had a severe mental disease when she drowned her children. we both agreed she believed she was doing what was in the best interest of the children, and we both agreed she knew what she was doing against the law. where we differed was despite what was against the law, she believes she was doing what was right for her children. the prosecution contended there was more method than madness. she said satan was telling her this, and if you re a religious person and satan is telling you to do something, you start out with the assumption that it s wrong, that it s bad conduct, so starting from that simple proposition, we knew that she knew that it was wrong, and she d expressed that she knew it
not just against the law, but against society and against god. that s pretty powerful testimony. dietz took it one step further and also presented a likely inspiration for andrea yates actions. he testified that she had watched a law & order episode that week in which a woman to be free of her responsibilities drowned her children and got away with murder. the show we almost always watched was law & order and the ones that she watched, i watched with her. and so, you know, i heard about that testimony. and i m like, i don t think that happened, you know? but there was nothing solid to refute dietz s testimony, and after three weeks of trial, the jurors deliberated just under four hours. the jury came back, and i knew when i saw that jury what that verdict was going to be.
was wrong. so dr. dietz testified that mrs. yates knew it was wrong, not just against the law, but against society and against god. that s pretty powerful testimony. dietz took it one step further and also presented a likely inspiration for andrea yates actions. he testified that she had watched a law & order episode that week in which a woman to be free of her responsibilities drowned her children and got away with murder. the show we almost always watched was law & order and the ones that she watched, i watched with her. and so, you know, i heard about that testimony. and i m like, i don t think that happened, you know? but there was nothing solid to refute dietz s testimony, and after three weeks of trial, the jurors deliberated just under four hours. the jury came back, and i knew when i saw that jury what that verdict was going to be. we, the jury, find the defendant andrea p. yates guilty
so dr. dietz testified that mrs. yates knew it was wrong, not just against the law, but against society and against god. that s pretty powerful testimony. dietz took it one step further and also presented a likely inspiration for andrea yates actions. he testified that she had watched a law & order episode that week in which a woman to be free of her responsibilities drowned her children and got away with murder. the show we almost always watched was law & order and the ones that she watched, i watched with her. and so, you know, i heard about that testimony. and i m like, i don t think that happened, you know? but there was nothing solid to refute dietz s testimony, and after three weeks of trial, the jurors deliberated just under four hours. the jury came back, and i