Law Case (Infanticide)?

Question

I have an assignment due Monday and I'vce gotten some ideas, but if I got more detailed information, maybe I can get a pretty good grade (well at least to win the case).

I'm not sure if you guys know of this case, but my class was seperated between helping the defendant and proving the defendant guilty.

Here's the case and it's an actual case quite some time ago.

Andrea Yates a victim of schzophrenia and mental disease kills her 5 infants by drowning them. She was proven to have problems and well, she believed she was Satan and Satan told her to kill her kids. Her kids also had collars on them. She said the dogs told her to take off their collas and put it on her kids. Andrea Yates were taking her mdecine a year ago and symptons were shown at that time too. Her husband went to work when she killed the kids. Is there any way I can prevent her from being guilty?

Please give a thorough response. Using excessive information is allowed!!

Can you people just tell me how to prevent her from being guilty without basing it on the TV?

To Steven: Yea, I know she's guilty. My class is redoing the case so that a group in the class has to defend her and the other group has to prove her guilty.

Why would I do a case without knowing anything?

Answer 1

She had post-partum psychosis, not schizophrenia. This condition was aggravated by the fact that she kept having babies even when her doctors told her to continue doing so would make her worse. Her and her husband's religious beliefs kept them having children instead of using birth control. She became a murder waiting to happen.

here is the full story which might help you in your assignment:
http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/women/andrea_yates/

Answer 2

Can you people just tell me how to prevent her from being guilty without basing it on the TV?

She IS guilty. What you are trying to do is keep her form being CONVICTED. Your defense is Mental Illness. I suggest you start by actually learning something about the case. Unless EVERY news report is TOTALLY wrong, most of what you stated is inaccurate.

Answer 3

THIS WAS ON COURT TV THE OTHER DAY. AND SHE WAS FOIND NOT GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY IN THE 2ND TRIAL. ALTHOUGH SHE WILL SPEND HER WHOLE LIFE IN A MENTAL INSTITUTION.

SHE WAS ON MEDICATION AND AND SHE HAD TO SWITCH DR'S AND HE ENDED UP TAKING HER OFF OF IT. SHE WENT IN FOR TREATMENT TWICE AND THEY LET HER GO BOTH TIMES BECAUSE THE INSURANCE $$$$ RAN OUT.