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>> so dr. dietz testified that mrs. yates knew it was wrong, not just against the law, but against society and against god. >> that's pretty powerful testimony. >> dietz took it one step further and also presented a likely inspiration for andrea yates' actions. he testified that she had watched a "law & order" episode that week in which a woman to be free of her responsibilities drowned her children and got away with murder. >> the show we almost always watched was "law & order" and the ones that she watched, i watched with her. and so, you know, i heard about that testimony. and i'm like, i d...

By owning another house. >> going into an rv was kind of more of an experiment for us. and so what we did was we rented our house that we had here and bought a 38-foot travel trailer and pulled it to florida and lived at a campground in florida during the course of that assignment. >> at the time, andrea was again pregnant. she miscarried just after the move. in 1997, the yates returned to houston where their third son is born. in 1998, they trade in the rv for a renovated 350-square-foot bus, a bus they bought from michael woroniecki. baby number four arrives a few months later. >> i went on ...

Get worse. >> after you drew the bath water, what was your intent? what were you about to do? >> drown my children. >> andrea yates never denied that she killed her children, but was she cold-blooded or desperately ill? by all accounts, she was a devoted mother, but her defense doctors say she became more desperate and secretive with each pregnancy. the crisis point came in 1999 after the birth of her fourth child. >> there were two suicide attempts in these pregnancies, and what she said to me was she didn't want to hurt her children. she wanted to hurt yourself. >> andrea yates was hospitali...

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 andrea was obviously negative to say the very least. people did ...

Now remarried with a young son. 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. and that's the way i treat andrea. >> george parnham and i and the mental health association of houston and some other peo...