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James"Thunder"Early · 02-01-2006, 09:08 PM

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1566413

Judge Sets $200,000 Bond for Andrea Yates

Texas Judge Sets $200G Bond for Andrea Yates to Leave Jail, Go to Psych Hospital to Await Retrial

By PAM EASTON

The Associated Press

HOUSTON - A judge set a $200,000 bond Wednesday for Andrea Yates to leave jail for a state mental hospital, where she will await a new trial on murder charges in the drowning deaths of her five children.
State District Judge Belinda Hill told Yates, 41, she could not order her to commit herself to the hospital but set the bond based on Yates remaining at the facility until her March 20 trial.
Prosecutors had asked that bond be set at $1 million.
Yates' defense attorney, George Parnham, said he was unsure if Yates or her family could pay the $20,000 in cash needed for the $200,000 bond. He had sought a $50,000, which would have required $5,000 in cash.
"What I have wanted for Andrea all along, you know, is for her to be in a mental hospital," her ex-husband, Russell Yates, told reporters.
Yates is accused of drowning her children, ages 6 months to 7 years, in the family's bathtub in 2001.
Her convictions were overturned last year because the state's expert witness, forensic psychiatrist Park Dietz, had testified that shortly before Yates killed her children, television's "Law and Order" series broadcast an episode about a woman with postpartum depression who drowned her children. No such episode had aired.
Yates has pleaded innocent by reason of insanity.

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gilligan fanatic · 02-01-2006, 09:10 PM

I was just about to post that-lol.

I have nothing wrong with her going to a mental hospital (She needs to) but why have a new trial?

James"Thunder"Early · 02-01-2006, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by gilligan fanatic

I was just about to post that-lol.

I thought she confessed to doing it. Why would they have a new trial.

Because a witness lied about an episode of "Law and Order" on the stand

Bobby F. · 02-01-2006, 09:13 PM

Could not believe this when I heard it. More tax payer money down the drain for a new trial.

gilligan fanatic · 02-01-2006, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by James"Thunder"Early

Because a witness lied about an episode of "Law and Order" on the stand

I haven't been following it so I don't know if you are kidding or what. I also have never seen Law And Order so I really don't get it.

James"Thunder"Early · 02-01-2006, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by gilligan fanatic

I haven't been following it so I don't know if you are kidding or what. I also have never seen Law And Order so I really don't get it.

I think it was doctor that said there was an episode of "Law and Order" where a mother drowned her children and got away with it, saying that Yates got the idea from there. Well there is no such episode of "Law and Order", so when that was found out the trial was thrown out because that doctor lied.

gilligan fanatic · 02-01-2006, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by James"Thunder"Early

I think it was doctor that said there was an episode of "Law and Order" where a mother drowned her children and got away with it, saying that Yates got the idea from there. Well there is no such episode of "Law and Order", so when that was found out the trial was thrown out because that doctor lied.

oh, okay.

02-01-2006, 09:08 PM	#1
James"Thunder"Early Whoever's In New England Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 23, 2004 Location: The Apollo Posts: 7,088	Judge Sets $200,000 Bond for Andrea Yates http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1566413 Judge Sets $200,000 Bond for Andrea Yates Texas Judge Sets $200G Bond for Andrea Yates to Leave Jail, Go to Psych Hospital to Await Retrial By PAM EASTON The Associated Press HOUSTON - A judge set a $200,000 bond Wednesday for Andrea Yates to leave jail for a state mental hospital, where she will await a new trial on murder charges in the drowning deaths of her five children. State District Judge Belinda Hill told Yates, 41, she could not order her to commit herself to the hospital but set the bond based on Yates remaining at the facility until her March 20 trial. Prosecutors had asked that bond be set at $1 million. Yates' defense attorney, George Parnham, said he was unsure if Yates or her family could pay the $20,000 in cash needed for the $200,000 bond. He had sought a $50,000, which would have required $5,000 in cash. "What I have wanted for Andrea all along, you know, is for her to be in a mental hospital," her ex-husband, Russell Yates, told reporters. Yates is accused of drowning her children, ages 6 months to 7 years, in the family's bathtub in 2001. Her convictions were overturned last year because the state's expert witness, forensic psychiatrist Park Dietz, had testified that shortly before Yates killed her children, television's "Law and Order" series broadcast an episode about a woman with postpartum depression who drowned her children. No such episode had aired. Yates has pleaded innocent by reason of insanity. Copyright 2006 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Copyright © 2006 ABC News Internet Ventures
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02-01-2006, 09:13 PM	#4
Bobby F. Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 30, 2004 Posts: 3,818	Could not believe this when I heard it. More tax payer money down the drain for a new trial.