Andrea Yates

Andrea Yates was born Andrea Pia Kennedy on July 2, 1964, in Houston, Texas. She married her husband Rusty Yates in the year 1993. She than had five children with him. Rusty Yates was a disciple of her Pastor Michael Peter Woroniecki. Through several sermons and phone calls, Pastor Michael stated that their children were doomed because of their parent’s sins. The Woronieckis also preached that married couples should have as many children as possible. “Over the next seven years Andrea gave…

to the murder of her husband, and Susan Wright was charged with the murder of her husband. She was found guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in prison, but was later reduced to 20 years on an appeal. Andrea Yates is another woman from Houston, Texas who murdered a family member. Sadly, Andrea Yates…

When someone is mentally ill and not aware of the actions in which they are doing, I feel that they are not control and should not be held responsible. I do not completely agree that the insanity plea should have been acceptable when it came to Andrea Yates because I do not feel like she completely fits the requirements of being considered insane. I do still believe, though, that she was in fact mentally…

Yates was unwillingly admitted to a treatment center due to her illness. On June 20, 2001 after her husband departed for work she drowned all five of her children. During the trial Yates pleaded innocence by reason of insanity. In March of 2002 the jury rejected the insanity plea and she was sentenced to forty years with the possibility of parole…

It is questioned at times if certain criminals are mentally competent. There are cases where the crime is so horrific that it is hard to believe it actually happened. In these cases, one criminal might consider usinalg the insanity plea. This defense is used in court in order for the accused to justify his or her actions. It justifies the crime committed by implying that they did not know right from wrong at the moment of the crime. Their mental illness drove them away from reality. It is rare…

Georgia pizza shop owner by shooting him in the head. Mobley’s attorneys tried to get his death sentence reduced to life in prison by pointing out that his family consisted of a long line of criminals and that Mobley had inherited the genetic strain of violent behavior. They claimed that he was genetically unable to control his violent impulses and should not be held responsible for his crimes, but his genetic impairment defense failed and his death sentence stood. Although the most popular…

to killing them? You had a chance to live the best life you could, your child did not. Andrea Yates had five children under the age of 10. One of her children did not even get to see their first birthday. This…

Heeding Satan's call, Defying a mother's loving instinct, Andrea Yates drowned her five Children one after the other in her bathtub, despite their frantic apologies and plea for mercy. Her eldest, Noah, seven years old, had to witness as his mother, his safe haven, took the life of his siblings ruthlessly then returned the corpses back in their beds before coming for him (source). During the first four weeks of her trial, Andrea was displayed as the only “monstrous mother” in our everyday…

An insane man’s thoughts are an insane man’s actions. The defendant of this inhumane incident could not control his thoughts, so he deserves the insanity plea. There is no mentally healthy human that would kill another person who did absolutely nothing to them. He did what his thoughts told him to do. His actions and words fit the definition of insanity, so he surely needs to stay in rehab and get mental help. According to NAMI.org, the definition of psychosis is being unable to distinguish…

Murderer or Mentally Ill? The article “Motherhood and Murder” by Andrew Murr illustrates Andrea Yates’ quintuple-homicide of her own children and the postpartum psychosis that hid behind it. There are numerous explanations for why she committed the acts she did, but the five that are considered the most influential are what’s in her psyche: the psychodynamic, cognitive, behavioral, biological, and socio-cultural aspects. All these together can paint a more thorough and complete picture of her…