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The defense team pressed for an outright dismissal of all charges arguing that a second trial would constitute double jeopardy. finally in january 2005 some three and a half years after the original conviction, the texas state supreme court issued an opinion. double jeopardy did not apply, but andrea yates would be granted a new trial. >> tonight she drowned her five children, was sentenced to spend the rers of her life in prison, but recently a texas appeals court overturned andrea yates convic...

>> on the whole i think they treated her pretty well. >> trial prep included community outreach. they did all they could to educate the public and change perceptions of both andrea yates and mental illness. >> there were six victims in this case, and one was andrea herself because of mental illness. >> by the second trial there had been research articles and talks and it became much more in the public varn abbing lar, particularly postpartum depression. >> in 2006, five years to the month after ...

Outright dismissal of all charges arguing that a second trial would constitute double jeopardy. finally, in january 2005, some 3 1/2 years after the original conviction, the texas state supreme court issued an opinion. double jeopardy did not apply but andrea yates would be granted a new trial. >> tonight, she drowned her five children, was sentenced to spend the rest of her life in prison, but recently a texas appeals court overturned andrea yates conviction. >> pending the new trial, the defen...

The defense team pressed for an outright dismissal of all charges arguing that a second trial would constitute double jeopardy. finally, in january 2005, some 3 1/2 years after the original conviction, the texas state supreme court issued an opinion. double jeopardy did not apply but andrea yates would be granted a new trial. >> tonight, she drowned her five children, was sentenced to spend the rest of her life in prison, but recently a texas appeals court overturned andrea yates conviction. >> ...

>> reporter: mr. cain, mr. cain, jim acosta with cnn. are you vowing to stay in the race? >> we are reassessing and re-evaluating. >> reporter: are you staying in the race. >> were re-evaluating and reassessing. >> reporter: how soon will you have a -- >> in the next several days. >> cain appeared on fox news. we should point out he routinely refuses to come on this program. somehow de he did find time to down with foxs neil cavuto. >> on ginger white, why would she say -- shes known y...

>> reporter: how soon will you have a -- >> in the next several days. >> cain appeared on fox news. we should point out he routinely refuses to come on this program. we asked again and his campaign said he was unavailable all week. somehow he did find time to sit down with foxs neil cavuto. >> i dont want to overbelabor this. youre answering this directly. on ginger white, why would she say -- shes known you 13 years, and you say non amorous relationship, why would she say, out of the ...

>> were reassessing, re-evaluating. >> reporter: you are staying in the race? >> were re-evaluating and reassessing. >> reporter: how soon should we have an answer? >> well be making a decision in the next several days. >> reporter: late today, cain appeared on fox news. he routinely refuses to come on this program. we asked again today and his campaign said he was unavailable all week. somehow he did find time to sit down with fox. >> reporter: so i dont want to overbelabor this in yo...