Wright State Professor Of Psychology, Cheryl Meyer, Responds To News That Murder Conviction Of Andrea Yates Has Been Overturned.

AScribe Health News Service, January, 2005

Byline: Wright State University

DAYTON, Ohio., Jan. 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Wright State professor of psychology and an expert on mothers who kill their children, Cheryl Meyer, on news that the murder conviction of Andrea Yates has been overturned:

"I'm glad to see that the appeals court considered the impact of the veracity of Dietz's (prosecutors' psychiatric witness, Dr. Park Dietz) testimony on her trial. Attorneys for both the defense and prosecution told jurors that Park Dietz had erred in his testimony. That it was allowed may have resulted in the jury making a decision that they would not have otherwise."

"This gives me a lot of confidence in the court. They are not saying that she did or didn't do it, or that she was insane or not...

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