Comments on: Andrea Yates’ Murder Conviction Overturned http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/andrea_yates_murder_conviction_overturned/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:53:54 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Ravi http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/andrea_yates_murder_conviction_overturned/comment-page-1/#comment-31413 Ravi Sun, 09 Jan 2005 15:55:50 +0000 /?p=8693#comment-31413 From what I understood, the "Law and Order" tangent was an important part of the discussion about whether she was sane or not. I thought Dietz's point was that she had patterned her crime after a "Law and Order" episode in order to *look* insane even though she wasn't. When it turned out that the episode he cited didn't exist... I honestly don't know whether Andrea Yates is sane or not, but I do know the prosecution isn't allowed to benefit from one of their witnesses lying. From what I understood, the "Law and Order" tangent was an important part of the discussion about whether she was sane or not. I thought Dietz's point was that she had patterned her crime after a "Law and Order" episode in order to *look* insane even though she wasn't. When it turned out that the episode he cited didn't exist... I honestly don't know whether Andrea Yates is sane or not, but I do know the prosecution isn't allowed to benefit from one of their witnesses lying.

]]> By: mariage http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/andrea_yates_murder_conviction_overturned/comment-page-1/#comment-31160 mariage Thu, 06 Jan 2005 16:09:45 +0000 /?p=8693#comment-31160 Yates told authorities that Satan told her to kill the children. Despite a documented history of mental illness, a jury rejected her plea of innocent by reason of insanity and convicted her of murder in 2002. She was sentenced to life in prison but will be eligible for parole in 40 years. Well done !! Yates told authorities that Satan told her to kill the children. Despite a documented history of mental illness, a jury rejected her plea of innocent by reason of insanity and convicted her of murder in 2002. She was sentenced to life in prison but will be eligible for parole in 40 years.

Well done !!

]]> By: Our Life http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/andrea_yates_murder_conviction_overturned/comment-page-1/#comment-31155 Our Life Thu, 06 Jan 2005 15:58:59 +0000 /?p=8693#comment-31155 <strong>Andrea Yates Conviction Overturned</strong> I figured the last place this would happen would be Texas. CNN: A Texas appeals court in Houston Thursday reversed the capital murder convictions of Andrea Yates, the woman who drowned her five children in a bathtub, citing the false... Andrea Yates Conviction Overturned
I figured the last place this would happen would be Texas. CNN: A Texas appeals court in Houston Thursday reversed the capital murder convictions of Andrea Yates, the woman who drowned her five children in a bathtub, citing the false...

]]> By: David Harris http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/andrea_yates_murder_conviction_overturned/comment-page-1/#comment-31154 David Harris Thu, 06 Jan 2005 15:55:48 +0000 /?p=8693#comment-31154 The quotation from the story you posted says he was a witness for the prosecution. You say he was a witness for the defense. I didn't follow this case, so I don't know which is true. If he was a defense witness, are there even legal grounds to appeal based on the testimony of your own witness? And if he was a prosecution witness, why would the prosecution call someone who claimed to have consulted on a show that depicted a similar criminal being found not guilty? The quotation from the story you posted says he was a witness for the prosecution. You say he was a witness for the defense. I didn't follow this case, so I don't know which is true. If he was a defense witness, are there even legal grounds to appeal based on the testimony of your own witness? And if he was a prosecution witness, why would the prosecution call someone who claimed to have consulted on a show that depicted a similar criminal being found not guilty?

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