Mother May Not Face Death Penalty in Killings
From Times Wire Reports
Texas would likely forgo the death penalty for Andrea Yates if she accepts responsibility for drowning her five children in the bathtub, a prosecutor disclosed in Houston as the questioning of prospective jurors got underway.
Yates, 37, confessed to police that on June 20 she drowned her children, ranging in age from 6 months to 7 years, but she has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Her attorneys say she suffers from a severe form of postpartum depression.
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