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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 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 defense succeeded in having yates moved from the mountain view prison un...

God would allow, andrea yates methodically drowned her own kids one by one in the family tub. >> we didn't know what to do. we just looked at each other, and there was this moment in time where all of the training, you know, all the scenes that you have made, everything that you have been taught and learned and instinct went right out the window. >> police were there in my yard. i wanted to go inside. they wouldn't let me inside. they told me what happened, and, you know, i just -- i remember laying in the grass and just bawling. >> and the husband showed up. and he started screaming, andrea, ...

Argument was the questionable testimony given by park dietz, 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 reverse...

It in the crook of john's arm so he could look after her in the afterlife as he had been a good big brother during their lifetime together. >> it promised to be the trial of the century in houston, texas. there was no question regarding the basic facts. on the morning of june 20th, 2001, 36-year-old andrea yates systematically drowned all five of her children. defense attorney george parnham knew that his client's only chance was to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. but as the details emerged, the public outrage grew. >> give us some room. >> get back. get back. >> the public opinion of ...