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So it's really hard to dispute that Clara Harris ran over and killed her husband, David, in a Nassau Bay hotel parking lot in 2002 — the whole thing was caught on video by a detective firm Harris had hired after her husband confessed to having an affair. But what Harris, who is serving a 20-year sentence for murder, hopes is that she can dispute the quality of her defense during her 2003 trial. Harris... more ›

The AP reported this weekend that Wyeth, the maker of an antidepressant Andrea Yates took before she drowned her five kids in 2001 recently added "homicidal ideation" to the list of possible side effects — but Yates' attorney said that won't affect her capital murder retrial. No cases have been reported in which the drug, Effexor, caused homicidal thoughts, and Wyeth didn't notify doctors about the possible effect because the company said it is rare. "We believe there is no causal link between Effexor and homicidality," Wyeth spokeswoman Gwen Fisher said. "In our minds, we've taken every precaution." more ›

Andrea Yates' capital murder case has been delayed because of scheduling problems with defense witnesses. Jury selection was scheduled to begin Monday, but State District Judge Belinda Hill pushed it back to June 22, with testimony scheduled to start June 26. The new date will allow two psychiatrists, George Ringholz and Lucy Puryear, to testify on Yates' behalf. more ›

where a woman suffering from post partum depression had drown her children was aired shortly before the deaths of Yates’ children. The episode didn’t exist and Yates’ verdict was overturned last year. more ›