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The case of Yates—who had exhibited severe postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, and schizophrenia leading up to the murders—placed the M'Naghten rules, along with the irresistible impulse test for sanity, under close public scrutiny in the United States.
Dec 2, 2006 · Former nurse Andrea Yates, whose postnatal mental illness led her to drown her five children, had her life sentence overturned at a retrial earlier this year, after successfully pleading insanity. Faith McLellan reviews the case and its implications for mental health in the criminal justice system.
May 21, 2023 · Andrea Yates was a religious and mentally ill woman who killed her five children in 2001, believing it was the only way to save them from hell. She was found not guilty by reason of insanity and spent most of her life in a psychiatric hospital.
Apr 2, 2014 · On June 20, 2001, during the hour between her husband leaving for work and her mother-in-law arriving, Andrea Yates drowned all five of her children in the bathtub. Conviction
Jun 20, 2022 · Andrea Yates drowned her five children in 2001 and was sentenced to life in prison, but later found not guilty by reason of insanity. See the key events and details of the case that shocked Houston and the nation.
Jun 20, 2016 · It’s been 15 years since Andrea Yates drowned her five children in the bathtub of their Houston home in a case that gripped the nation. The 2001 murders of her four sons and baby daughter ...
Apr 1, 2005 · When a mother kills her children, how much does mental illness matter when the mother’s guilt is judged in the courtroom? The case of Andrea Yates, who drowned her five children on June 21, 2001, suggests that in some cases the verdict falls before the trial starts.
