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Andrea Yates (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) found guilty in 2002. A Texas jury found Andrea Yates guilty of capital murder Tuesday, rejecting her claim that she was insane when she drowned her five children in a bathtub last summer.
Yates, 37, met the verdict stoically, nodding, with the twitching of a jaw muscle her only sign of emotion. Her husband Russell, who steadfastly supported his wife throughout the trial, sat in the courtroom after the verdict with his head in his hands.
"I think mental illness is still obviously not understood, not appreciated and I hope that we will be able to save her life," said defense attorney Hugh Parnham.
After more than three weeks of testimony, including complex and often conflicting statements from prosecution and defense psychiatrists, the verdict from the jury of eight women and four men came quickly, after three hours and 40 minutes of deliberation. Go here to read more. Go here for photos. Go here for videos.
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