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And andrea was charged with capital murder, and it was a big case because she didn't get adequate mental health treatment, so from that facet i'm trying to do my best and redirect and move in that direction to help mentally ill people. >> hello. >> hi. >> how are you today? how many is that? >> four. >> four. >> six, one, two, three, four. >> i think if we can take the andrea yates, the generic andrea yates, the whole story of her kids, and we can move forward in the area of mental health care, i think we will have accomplished a lot. >> not everyone agrees. >> one of the things i want to do i...

Was also a consultant on the hit series "law & order." on several points, the experts agreed. >> we both agreed that she had a severe mental disease when she drowned her children. we both agreed she believed she was doing what was in the best interest of the children, and we both agreed she knew what she was doing against the law. where we differed was despite what was against the law, she believes she was doing what was right for her children. >> the prosecution contended there was more method than madness. >> she said satan was telling her this, and if you're a religious person and satan is ...

He remains in contact with andrea. >> i can say that coming to a decision to divorce andrea was really a difficult decision, and it took me probably more time than it should have, but i finally came to the understanding that there's a difference between forgiveness and consequences. >> i talk to andrea probably four times a week. i long ago crossed the line from professionalism to personal involvement, and she -- she's a daughter basically. >> george parnham and i and the mental health association of houston and some other people started the yates children's memorial fund in honor of the five ...

>> the woman here is not the woman that killed my children. she obviously wasn't herself. and i think that will come out. ou know, i'm just completely surprised that people think that, well, because i defend andrea as being a wonderful mother, that she shouldn't be punished, that somehow, you know, i'm condoning her actions, you know? her actions were almost indescribably devastating to me and my family. >> he took it upon himself like it was some kind of badge of honor and on tv and giving interviews and all kinds of stuff which is macabre and then at the funeral he actually had a slide show ...

Lead psychiatrist for the prosecution. >> there's never been an episode that has aired on "law & order" involving the park dietz testified about. we confronted park dietz about that, and he said he was mistaken. he must have been in vera. >> the appeals process would take months of meticulous preparation for multiple arguments, but in the end everything hinged on the dietz testimony. >> we had 19 points of error, and only one point was ever addressed, and that was point number one, and that was his testimony, and the case got reversed, so we started back to trial. >> i thought it was great tha...