Andrea Yates defense attorney George Parnham (C) is surrounded by
reporters January 7, 2002 as he enters the Criminal Courts building in
downtown Houston on the first day of jury selection in the capital
murder trial of the Clear Lake mother who drowned her five children in
the family bathtub. State District Judge Belinda Hill will oversee the
process of seating a 12-member jury to hear the capital murder case
against Andrea Yates, a former nurse and homemaker who could face a
sentence of death by lethal injection if convicted. REUTERS/Richard
Carson

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