@theoriginalsinpodcast: This Day in True Crime — March 7, 2002 Andrea Yates Found Guilty in Texas Drownings On March 7, 2002, a Texas jury found Andrea Yates guilty of capital murder for the drowning deaths of her five children in their Houston-area home. Yates had called 911 and later confessed, telling investigators she believed she was a bad mother and that killing the children would save them from eternal damnation. The case brought national attention to severe postpartum psychosis and mental illness in criminal law. She was initially sentenced to life in prison, but the conviction was later overturned on appeal. After a second trial in 2006, Yates was found not guilty by reason of insanity and committed to a state mental health facility. Prosecutors and defense experts debated whether she understood right from wrong at the time of the killings, making the case one of the most widely discussed insanity-defense trials in modern U.S. history. #ThisDayInTrueCrime #TrueCrimeStory911 #TrueCrimeStoryMagazine #CrimeHistory #OnThisDay

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