NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY
In Texas, That Simply Means "Guilty"

The sad, sad story of Andrea Yates continues.  From the Houston Chronicle:
 
Yates was transferred from the Skyview Unit, a prison psychiatric facility near Rusk, to the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston on Monday after lapsing into what doctors called "an acute confusional state."

Her mental and physical state had declined for the past six to eight weeks, they said.

Jutta Kennedy said her daughter, who had stopped eating and lost about 30 pounds, is under a suicide watch and has an attendant with her 24 hours a day.

Kennedy, her two sons and attorney John O'Sullivan visited Yates for a little more than an hour Thursday.

Afterward, Kennedy said her daughter seemed comforted to see her, although "she doesn't know what she is saying." After exchanging pleasantries, she said, Yates asked how the children were.

"I told her they are fine and that they are in heaven and that's the best place to be. I don't know what else to say," Kennedy said, with tears in her eyes.
 
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If ever there was a truly reasonable and just case for finding someone not guilty by reason of insanity, this is it.  Of course, here in the Lone Star State, that doesn't matter.  Yates is serving a life sentence for killing her five children, and she's still mad as a hatter.  I remember when the whole thing happened a while back: so many people were like "fry the bitch." 
 
I don't get it.  I just don't get it.
 
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