Yates Trial Begins, Lawyer Claims She Didn't Know What She Was Doing

In case you've been living under a rock, here's a story about the infamous Andrea Yates (mother who drowned her five children in the family bathtub). Her trial has started. According to her lawyer, she didn't understand the wrongfulness of her actions when she murdered her kids. It should be remembered that Yates herself called police and her husband to report her own crime. The jury is made up of eight women and four men. In an attempt to show that Yates knew what she was doing, the prosecution pointed out that she complied with instructions from police who arrived at her home, made contact with them and had no problem understanding directions. Yates also apparently admitted to officers that she had been considering killing her children for two years "because they weren't developing correctly."

Source: CNN [Web site]

Title: Mother accused of killing her 5 children goes on trial

Author: Unknown

Date: February 18, 2002

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