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