The Mrs. Andrea Yates Trial - 801 Words

Mrs. Andrea Yates murdered her five young children, aged 6 months to 7 years old. Since the birth of her fourth child she had had serious bouts with depression. She had suicidal tendencies that had earned her multiple stay at a hospital and was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis. She was on and off different anti-depressants and anti-psychotics, mutilated herself, stopped feeding her youngest child and was seeing a couple of psychiatrists. These therapists warned of Mrs. Yates not taking her prescriptions and being left alone with the children. One of her therapist recommended her needing constant supervision alone and definitely with her children. Her mother-in-law had been coming over after Mr. Yates left for work each morning. Her husband said that he was not aware of this and in the weeks leading up to the murders had insisted that the only way to cure his wife of this depression was to give her increasing responsibility for her children. He decided that his mother wou ld come over in the mornings after giving Mrs. Yates an hour to be alone with them. On the morning of June 20, 2001during one of these hours, Mrs. Yates committed her crime. From the background information it is obvious to see that Mrs. Yates suffered from mental illness. Leading up to the murders she had stopped taking her medication because she and her husband wanted to have more children. This was also not recommended by the psychiatrist, both ceasing medication and having more children.Show MoreRelatedCase Analysis : Andrea Yates Trial1061 Words   |  5 PagesAbstract On June 20, 2001, Andrea Yates committed one of the evil act in society. She drowned her five children after claiming that a voice told her to do it. Andrea Yates defense attorney enters a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. The conviction in 2001 was overturned on appeal. First Court of Appeals reverses Yates capital murder conviction and remands it to trial court and found her guilty by reason of insanity in 2006. This paper will relate the facts of the trial and the case study, argumentRead MoreAndrea Yates Essay968 Words   |  4 PagesAndrea Yates Arguement Last June in 2001, a 37-year-old lady by the name of Andrea Yates, was arrested for killing her five children. Most people like me would agree that she was sane, and the death penalty would have been the right punishment for Mrs. Andrea Yates. The punishment in the State of Texas for committing two capital crimes is life in jail or the death penalty. Andrea’s lawyer tried to show her innocence by protesting that she was insane at the time of the killingsRead MoreThe Argument Of The Insanity Defense1689 Words   |  7 PagesReform Act. This Act made it more difficult for defendants in federal criminal cases to employ a successful insanity defense. One of the most important aspects of the reform was that it shifted the burden of proof from the prosecution to the defense in trials involving an insanity defense. Before the change, the prosecution had to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was sane when he committed the offense; after the change, the defense had to prove by clear and convincing evidence that theRead MoreThe Death Penalty Is Justified2560 Words   |  11 PagesMicah Huffman Mrs. Cutler-Boyd World Literature 2 18 March 2015 Bloody America Imagine, just for a moment, a country where the government kills innocent people. Where people kill others for having black skin, the government kills the mentally ill, the government spends billions of dollars killing individuals. Where does this country thrive? Maybe a small third-world foreign country ruled by a cruel and wicked government? Probably an obscure country that no one has ever heard of? No. Believe itRead MoreProject Mgmt296381 Words   |  1186 PagesCareers will be determined by success in managing projects. Student Learning Aids The text Web site (www.mhhe.com/larsongray5e) includes study outlines, online quizzes, PowerPoint slides, videos, Microsoft Project Video Tutorials and Web links. The trial version of Microsoft Project software is included on its own CD-ROM free with the text. Acknowledgments We would like to thank Richard Bruce, Ottawa University for updating the Test Bank and Online Quizzes; Charlie Cook, University of West AlabamaRead MoreStephen P. Robbins Timothy A. Judge (2011) Organizational Behaviour 15th Edition New Jersey: Prentice Hall393164 Words   |  1573 Pagesof Texas at Dallas Chris Roberts, University of Massachusetts Amherst Sherry Robinson, Pennsylvania State University Hazleton Christopher Ann Robinson-Easley, Governors State University Joe Rode, Miami University Bob Roller, LeTourneau University Andrea Roofe, Florida International University Craig Russell, University of Oklahoma at Norman Manjula Salimath, University of North Texas Mary Saunders, Georgia Gwinnett College Andy Schaffer, North Georgia College and State University Elizabeth Scott,