Texas Court Reverses Child-Killer Yates Verdicts
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Andrea Yates, the Houston mother  serving life in prison for drowning her five children in a case  that shocked America, had her murder convictions overturned by  a state appeals court on Thursday because of flawed testimony  by an expert witness.
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Excerpt from the testimony of Dr. Park Dietz that led to the reversal of Andrea Yates' murder conviction:
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; House Republicans on Monday reversed a decision, made less than two months ago, that would have allowed Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas to remain in his leadership post if he was indicted by a grand jury in his home state.
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Andrea Yates' murder conviction for drowning her children in the bathtub was overturned by an appeals court Thursday because a psychiatrist for the prosecution gave erroneous testimony that suggested the Texas mother got the idea from an episode of "Law &amp; Order."
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Governor Rick Perry granted a reprieve for a woman convicted of murdering her husband and two children. Frances Newton was scheduled to be executed last night for those killings.
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An appeals court in the Netherlands on Wednesday overturned the convictions of seven men on charges they belonged to a terrorist network.
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas  - Texas executed a former drug   dealer on Thursday for the 1997 murders of a 41-year-old woman   and her 15-year-old son at their home near the south Texas town   of Refugio.
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A Louisiana appeals court yesterday overturned the aggravated-battery conviction of a black high school student who was found guilty of attacking a white classmate after a racial incident that raised tensions in their small town.
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Prosecutors moved Friday to drop the murder case against a man freed after nearly a decade in prison, but stopped short of saying he was exonerated by the DNA evidence that led a judge to overturn his conviction.
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Two Derry republicans found guilty of murder in 1979 have their convictions quashed at the Court of Appeal.
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Media & professional: Â· Unlawful killing verdict on untended child who chokedÂ· Police to reconsider bringing charges
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An American woman and her Mexican husband who said they were tortured by police and forced to confess to killing a Mexican girl were acquitted Friday of the murder charges.
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On Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 15, state District Judge John Dietz concluded a five-and-half-week trial by ruling unconstitutional the Texas system of public school finance.
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The Court of Appeal has Wednesday quashed the convictions of five Muslims who were jailed for downloading terrorism-related material.
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An appeals court in Ohio is reported to have overturned the conviction and death sentence on a British man.
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An appeals court Thursday threw out the conviction of a woman imprisoned for shaking a baby to death and ordered a new trial, saying the latest research into "shaken baby syndrome" might prove her innocence.
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A woman who spent about two years in prison for the stabbing death of her 10-year-old son was acquitted at her retrial Wednesday, after the defense insisted the murder was carried out by a masked intruder, possibly a Texas death-row inmate who has confessed.