Jury Spares Mom Who Drowned 5 Kids. - Knight-Ridder (1999-June 2002), 2002. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Article 63. Institutions, 1522-3256; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Originally Published: Jury Spares Mom Who Drowned 5 Kids, March 16, 2002; pp. n.p..

"A Texas jury sentenced Andrea Yates to life in prison Friday [March 15, 2002] for drowning her children, deciding against the death penalty for a crime that touched off debate about treatment of mentally ill people." (DETROIT FREE PRESS) This article details the jury's verdict in the case of Andrea Yates, a Houston mother who drowned her five children in June of 2001.

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Yates, Andrea.


Filicide.
Infanticide.
Jury.
Life imprisonment.
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Women murderers.

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