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The Andrea Yates Trial

Andrea Yates, on trial for the drowning of her five children in the bathtub of their Houston home, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. What do you think?

Rhonda Rowe • Homemaker

“This poor woman lost five children. Hasn’t she suffered enough?”

Rhonda Rowe • Homemaker

Bill Jackson • Systems Analyst

“This is just a sad case of someone letting their child-killing impulses get out of control.”

Bill Jackson • Systems Analyst

Maxwell Bosch • Lawyer

“You know, a high percentage of child fatalities in the home occur in the bathtub. Who’s to say the statistics didn’t catch up to her all at once?”

Maxwell Bosch • Lawyer

Bob Putnam • File Clerk

“Yates killed not one, but five children? Wow, they certainly

Bob Putnam • File Clerk

Denise Pflaum • Nurse

“I can’t shake the feeling that four or five years from now, we’re in for the creepiest fucking

Denise Pflaum • Nurse

Milton Oberst • Cashier

“The jury should declare Andrea Yates guilty by reason of drowning five children in a bathtub.”

Milton Oberst • Cashier