George Parnham
George Parnham
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I think both sides can use extra time. This case is extremely important, obviously to Andrea Yates. There are also issues of mental health and the criminal justice system that take center stage and we want, certainly, to be as well-prepared and as effective as possible in presenting these issues to the jury in defense of our client.
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We will examine all possibilities and hopefully arrive at a resolution that could prevent Andrea from going through the torment of being subjected to the evidence of this case. We all know how horrendous it was to hear this evidence.
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There has been an offer for a term of years served in the general population of the penitentiary system, which does not address her physical safety as well as her continued mental care.
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We all have to get on with our lives. This doesn't discount the things that happened on June 20th, but it saddens me that Andrea might be in any way negatively or emotionally affected by this.
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I have grave, grave concerns about Andrea's safety.
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I have bittersweet feelings about (the remarriage). I told Rusty a number of years ago that, obviously, there has to come a point in where he gets on with his life. Andrea has to get on with hers.
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Only one mental health expert testified that Andrea knew that what she was doing was wrong, and that was the celebrated Park Dietz. Every other mental health expert ... testified that she was either incapable of knowing what she was doing was wrong or did not know what she was doing was wrong.
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She would gladly forgo this process, ... but, you know, the right thing needs to be done here, and we're going to do it.
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She's doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances, which I know you understand are extreme.
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She is in the very best possible place, all things considered, at this time and in this place under these circumstances.
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She needs to be found not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Neither side, and I have said this all along, wants to go through the horror of revisiting this issue. We believe that she needs security. We believe that she needs mental health care and she needs to be in a location that addresses both.
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Obviously a plea bargain isnt an option, as long as there's nothing on the table to address the mental health issues that are so apparent with Andrea, ... Given that, the only other option is to go to trial. I dont believe there will be any meaningful negotiations in this matter short of going before a jury.
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I think mental illness is still obviously not understood, not appreciated and I hope that we will be able to save her life.