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Is mental illness an excuse to do bad things?

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JSul3 · 70-79
Is it an excuse?

Andrea Yates, the notorious Texas mom who confessed to drowning her five young children in a bathtub more than two decades ago, has no plans to seek her freedom.

Yates, 59, remains at Kerrville State Hospital, a mental health facility in Kerrville, Texas, where she's been held and treated since 2007.

While she is permitted to seek release once a year, Yates has never attempted to be freed.