a small number of persons who are found excused because their mental illness is so severe it causes them either not to know what they re doing or not to know the wrongfulness of what they are doing. people often ask me, well, listen, why didn t she kill herself instead of drown her children? the kids would still be alive. the problem is she becomes more and more ill with each pregnancy. the sicker you become, the less alternatives are available to you. while awaiting trial andrea yates was placed in the jail s medical facility and treated for psychosis. from the time of the tragedy to the time of the trial she improved, i mean, to the point where she wasn t having hallucinations. on september 22nd, 2001, just three months and two days after the murders, yates was deemed competent to stand trial.
persons who are found excused because their mental illness is so severe it causes them either not to know what they re doing or not to know the wrongfulness of what they re doing. people often ask me, well, listen. why didn t she kill herself instead of drown her children? the kids would still be alive. the problem is, she becomes more and more ill with each pregnancy. the sicker you become, the less alternatives are available to you. while awaiting trial, andrea yates was placed in the jail s medical facility and treated for psychosis. from the time of the tragedy to the time of the trial, she improved. i mean, to the point where she wasn t having hallucinations. on september 22nd, 2001, just three months and two days after the murders, yates was deemed competent to stand trial.
it s a small number of persons who are found excused because their mental illness is so severe it causes them either not to know what they re doing or not to know the wrongfulness of what they re doing. people often ask me, well, listen. why didn t she kill herself instead of drown her children? the kids would still be alive. the problem is, she becomes more and more ill with each pregnancy. the sicker you become, the less alternatives are available to you. while awaiting trial, andrea yates was placed in the jail s medical facility and treated for psychosis. from the time of the tragedy to the time of the trial, she improved. i mean, to the point where she wasn t having hallucinations. on september 22nd, 2001, just three months and two days after the murders, yates was deemed competent to stand trial.
that s a small number of persons who are found excused because their mental illness is so severe it causes them either not to know what they re doing or not to know the wrongfulness of what they re doing. people often ask me, well, listen. why didn t she kill herself instead of drowning herself? the kids would still be alive. the problem is she becomes more and more ill with each pregnancy. the sicker you become, the less alternatives are available to you. while awaiting trial, andrea yates was placed in the jail s medical facility and treated for psychosis. from the time of the tragedy to the time of the trial, she improved. i mean, to the point where she wasn t having hallucinations. on september 22nd, 2001, just three months and two days after the murders, yates was deemed competent to stand trial.
psychosis. from the time of the tragedy to the time of the trial, she improved. i mean, to the point where she wasn t having hallucinations. on september 22nd, 2001, just three months and two days after the murders, yates was deemed competent to stand trial. the prosecution planned to argue that andrea s motive was to get back at her husband for perceived wrongs, like living in a bus, homeschooling and the inconveniences of a simpler life style. the defense knew better than to bring rusty in to the equation. had i gone after rusty, as people wanted me to do, then the jury could be told by the prosecutor in summation or at the end, she in effect by killing the kids, she was getting back at rusty for the various things that she had done