Andrea Yates' ex-husband tells Oprah wife didn't deserve 'cruelest' murder trial

[TexasTowelie]

Thirteen years after a jury convicted Andrea Yates of capital murder for drowning her five children in the bathtub, her ex-husband says putting her on trial was an act of cruelty.

"I know some people are going to hear this and think it's crazy, but, to me, trying her, it was the single cruelest thing I've ever personally witnessed," he told Oprah Winfrey during an interview on Where Are They Now? "Her actions were completely a result of her illness."

The episode is scheduled to air at 9 p.m. central time Saturday on the OWN Network.

Andrea Yates was sentenced to life in prison in March 2002 after being convicted in the June 20, 2001, drowning deaths of Noah, 7; John, 5; Paul, 3; Luke 2; and Mary, 6 months.

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[Politicalboi]

1. He should have gone to jail too

Forcing her to live in a bus. Home school all those kids. Having children she didn't really want. She showed signs with their first child by holding a knife to him. He's a bible thumping asshole who didn't want to see the cruelty he inflicted on her and those poor kids.

[Thinkingabout]

2. I have to agree with you. He was most cruel in the living conditions he had her and the children

Living. I am glad she was granted a second trial and this time she is able to get the treatment she needs. She will never be able to live in a free world, she gets better and then remembers and goes backwards again.

[Ilsa]

3. Yes, he is to blame as well.

He ignored the signs and had ridiculous expectations of her. She became a non-person, just an incubator for him.