Today, a Texas appeals court overturned the murder conviction of Andrea Yates. This was based on incorrect testimony, which told the jury that Andrea had viewed an episode of Law and Order, in which a woman was found not guilty by reason of insanity after she drowned her children.
Except that the episode did not exist.
The jury didn't know that.
Suzanne O'Malley offered an excellent account of this tragic episode in her book, Are you there alone? After reading this book, it is abundantly clear that the entire Yates family was brutally betrayed by an incompetent mental health system.
I hope that, as a result of today's ruling, Andrea Yates will finally receive the mental health care that she requires.
May Noah, John, Paul, Luke, and Mary Yates rest in peace.
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