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
still be punished for that. I think Andrea Yates should get like a life sentence or something because of what she did. She didn’t even have a real reason of doing it. Andrea thought that if she didn’t kill her kids they would go to hell and she also thought if she did they would go to heaven because she claimed this to be her reason she was put in a hospital. But because of her reasoning back then even now she could still be protected because she was found guilty by the reason of insanity after she killed her kids which I don’t think is right. So I think that since Andrea Yates is better that she needs to go to jail and actually be punished for what she did.

Citations:
Quigley, Rachel. "Andrea Yates Wants More Freedom: Ten Years after Drowning Her Five Kids She Seeks a Weekly Pass from the Mental Hospital...for Church." Mail Online. Associated Newspapers, 16 Feb. 2014. Web. 30 May 2014.
Ramsland, Katherine. "Andrea Yates: Ill or Evil?" Legal Decisions — Andrea Yates, the Texas Woman Who Drowned Her 5 Children. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 May 2014.