Lawyers begin January 7, 2002 the intricate and lengthy process of
selecting a jury to decide the fate of a Houston mother who drowned her
five small children in the family bathtub last summer. 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. Yates, 37, already has pleaded not guilty by reason of
insanity to the two counts of capital murder against her, for which
prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. Yates is shown during a June
22, 2002 court hearing in a file photo. REUTERS/Richard Carson/Files

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