TEXAS JURY DOESN’T SEND SOMEONE TO DEATH ROW!
TEXAS JURY DOESN’T SEND SOMEONE TO DEATH ROW!
Andrea Yates Not Guilty By Reason of Insanity
Although, I think the prosecutors only trid her for the deaths of a couple of the kids, so they may take another shot.
Today, her former husband, Rusty Yates, who has sat through most of the retrial, said he was glad the jury accepted the insanity plea instead of sending Ms. Yates to prison. He talked about how the prosecution showed pictures of the couple’s five children before their deaths to the jury, hoping to convince them prison was the best resolution for Ms. Yate’s actions.
“Did they think our children want Andrea to be in prison?’’ he asked reporters outside the courtroom. “Did they think that we, her family on either side, want Andrea to be in prison? Is it of any public benefit for Andrea to be in prison? Is she a danger to anyone? It’s amazing to me. I’m so proud of the jury for seeing past that.’’