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Defense attorney for Andrea Yates, who drowned her children near Houston, reflects on the case 25 years later
Andrea Yates, who drowned her children near Houston, was initially convicted of capital murder but later found not guilty by reason of insanity. The case highlighted maternal mental illnesses such as postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis.
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