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ACLU Urges ‘Proportionate Response’ In Andrea Yates Case
Attorneys from the ACLU have stepped forward to offer their legal assistance to grieving mother 
Andrea Yates as her re-trial for the murder of her five children gets underway in Houston. When Yates’ 2002 conviction was recently overturned by an appellate court on a technicality, the renowned civil liberties organization was more than happy to take up her cause.
“Let’s not forget what this woman has been through,” stated ACLU attorney Drab Futar. “She lost all five of her children in a tragic drowning incident just a few short years ago. Worse than that, she actually had to witness the incident first hand. She has been traumatized and re-traumatized more than most of Ike Turner’s lady friends. And now the government wants to lock her up, and in the process take away her freedom and therefore her civil rights? Talk about adding insult to injury!”
Yates’ attorneys plan to enter a plea of insanity on her behalf noting that she was a “full-on perfectionist” who became distraught at the notion of failing as a parent.
“Ms. Yates is the victim in this case,” said Futar. “She was so despondent at the thought of not being competent as a parent, that she merely eliminated that possibility. How much more selfless can you get? I’ll tell you one thing- I’ve never met a finer ex-parent.”
Mr. Futar went on to say that he felt that the sentence of life in prison that a conviction carries would “clearly be disproportionate to the alleged crime.”
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ACLU Urges ‘Proportionate Response’ In Andrea Yates Case
ACLU Urges ‘Proportionate Response’ In Andrea Yates Case
ACLU Satire?
Compare William F. Buckleys satire peice on the ACLU about the Andrea Yates trial to what they really said in 2002. Not really that much difference at all.
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Picnic 2006-07-26
Todays picnic basket of items from my blogroll.
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The ACLU is the biggist supporter of terrorists,murderers,child molsters,rapists,radicals, and others and its got its HQ in HANOI ON THE BAY SAN FRANCISCO
What a completely worthless bunch (Yates included).
Hay Yates kids mommy didn’t mean it she was crazy,so you must forgive her.
So if she’s insane, we should let her free to breed again and see if she kills the next set? Russian roulette with children’s lives?
I,ll bet if she had shot a rabid dog the jerks from PETA and several dozen hollywood witless wonders would be demanding she be put away for life
A sentance of life in prison would indeed be “clearly disproportionate”. A proportionate sentance would be for her to be drowned to death five times.
RH
Man, check out her downward spiral: http://www.truthbehindmovies.com/andreayates/
p.s. has some good pics.