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Court Case Study: The Andrea Yates Case
I had never heard of the Andrea Yates case until now. After doing some research I learned that Andrea Yates was a mother that killed all five of her children by drowning them because she believed that if she didn’t her kids were going to go to hell. Andrea had also claimed to be a bad mother and after killing her children she called her husband and the police telling them that “it’s time.” Once the police came Andrea had admitted to everything and told the police that she needs to be punished. She went to trial and then went to a mental hospital. I think that since Andrea Yates got better that she should go to jail now for killing her children. Even though Andrea wasn’t in the right state of mind she still killed her children and she should
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