Andrea Yates - Still Crazy After All These Years

The Houston, TX woman who systematically drowned all five of her kids a few years ago has been found not guilty by reason of insanity in her retrial:

A jury found Andrea Yates not guilty by reason of insanity in the drowning deaths of her young children in the bathtub of their suburban home.

Yates will be committed to a state mental hospital, with periodic hearings before a judge to determine whether she should be released. If convicted, she would have faced life in prison.

Yates' attorneys never disputed that she drowned 6-month-old Mary, 2- year-old Luke, 3-year-old Paul, 5-year-old John and 7-year-old Noah in their Houston-area home in June 2001. But they said she suffered from severe postpartum psychosis and, in a delusional state, thought Satan was inside her and was trying to save them from hell.

All in all, the verdict was probably correct. It would be very hard to figure anyone that did what she did was sane at the time of the act. Although it's unlikely she'll be released anytime soon, this verdict paves the way for an immediate release the moment the psychological professionals and the courts decided she's sane.