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Andrea Yates: Not Guilty

Brian Doherty | 7.26.2006 4:37 PM


Flying in the face of my past advice, the Texas jury in Andrea Yates' second trial for drowning 3 of her 5 kids she drowned (the prosecution was holding the other two in reserve for possible future prosecution) acquits by reason of insanity.

Brian Doherty is a senior editor at Reason and author of Ron Paul's Revolution: The Man and the Movement He Inspired (Broadside Books).