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flag Andrea Yates wins new trial after Texas court rules her mental illness was wrongly limited in her 2002 murder trial.

flag Andrea Yates, who drowned her five children in a Houston bathtub in 2001, has been granted a new trial after a Texas appeals court ruled her original defense was improperly limited. flag The decision stems from claims that her severe postpartum psychosis was not adequately considered during her 2002 trial, where she was convicted of capital murder. flag The court found that the trial judge wrongly restricted expert testimony on her mental state, potentially violating her right to a fair trial. flag The case, long seen as one of Texas’s most tragic and controversial, has drawn national attention to mental health issues in the criminal justice system.

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