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The Andrea Yates Trial

The Andrea Yates Trial


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Defense attorney George Parnham told jurors that Yates had a history of suicide attempts and was so psychotic that her delusions drove her to drown her children. Prosecutors say she knew her actions were wrong when she held each of her five children beneath water in the bathtub until they stopped breathing.

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