. >> we, the jury, find the defendant andrea p. yatesal murder as charged in the indictment. >> i was devastated. >> knowing how much andrea loved our children and how much they loved her and knowing that she would never have harmed them had she not been mentally ill, all right, i -- i view her, and i know it's hard for people to see this, but i view her as a victim. i don't view her as a criminal. >> in the punishment phase of the trial, the jury sided with the defense and rejected the death penalty. andrea yates was sentenced to life in prison. >> yeah. i never thought about losing. i went back in the back with andrea, and she said, what happens now? and i said, don't worry, andrea. you will be fine, you know, patted her on the knee and then came back and heard the rumbles in the courtroom about the testimony, the "law & order" testimony. >> the sentencing phase was barely over before questions arose about the park dietz testimony. word was spreading that the "law & order" episode did not exist. the defense had new hope. >> we were at

. >> we, the jury, find the defendant andrea p. yates capital murder as charged in the indictment. >> i was devastated. >> knowing how much andrea loved our children and how much they loved her and knowing that she would never have harmed them had she not been mentally ill, all right, i -- i view her, and i know it's hard for people to see this, but i view her as a victim. i don't view her as a criminal. >> in the punishment phase of the trial, the jury sided with the defense and rejected the death penalty. andrea yates was sentenced to life in prison. >> yeah. i never thought about losing. i went back in the back with andrea, and she said, what happens now? and i said, don't worry, andrea. you will be fine, you know, patted her on the knee and then came back and heard the rumbles in the courtroom about the testimony, the "law & order" testimony. >> the sentencing phase was barely over before questions arose about the park dietz testimony. word was spreading that the "law & order" episode did not exist. suddenly the defense had new hope.

we the jury find andrea p. yatesty -- not guilty -- not guilty by reason of insanity. >> juror number 15? >> yes. >> juror number 37? >> yes. >> juror number 52? >> yes. >> it had been five years, one month, and six days since the tragedy. >> we're all, you know, thrilled with the verdict. you know, last time the judge said, you know, find the defendant guilty, and we just thought she left out the word not, and this time we heard it. so we're happy. >> andrea yates was placed under the jurisdiction of the department of state health services. she currently resides at kerrville state hospital. there is no timetable for her release. >> i don't think that any judge will ever sign a paper that says andrea yates can be completely free from supervision. >> i don't think andrea believes she will ever be free. she lives with the memory of her children. she misses them terribly. >> this didn't happen to andrea yates because she's an evil criminal, bad person that needs to be killed. this happened to andrea yates because she ha