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Not two hours into his first shift back from a weeklong training session on dealing with subjects suffering from mental illness, Evansville Police Department officer Chris Goergen found himself putting his new skills to use.
Goergen, a field training officer who has spent six years in the department, was dispatched to deal with a man with paranoid schizophrenia who had been acting strangely and was scaring relatives.
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HOUSTON (AP) -- Since Andrea Yates first stood trial on charges of drowning three of her five children, the facts of the case haven't changed. What her defense teams hopes has changed is the public's view of mentally ill defendants.
Since Yates' 2002 conviction, which was overturned on appeal, several other Texas mothers have killed their children and been found not guilty by reason of insanity.
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... the victim was a police officer and testimony indicating that Clark had previously stated he wan... presenting the defense case, Clark claimed mental illness, which he sought to introduce for two purp...
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HOUSTON (AP) - Mental health advocates and defense attorneys hope the public's mindset about mentally ill defendants has changed in the five years since Andrea Yates filled her bathtub with water and drowned her five children.
Since Yates' 2002 conviction, which was overturned on appeal, several other Texas mothers have killed their children and been found not guilty by reason of insanity.
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HOUSTON - Mental-health advocates and defense attorneys hope the public's mindset about mentally ill defendants has changed in the five years since Andrea Yates filled her bathtub with water and drowned her five children.
Since Yates' 2002 conviction, which was overturned on appeal, several other Texas mothers have killed their children and been found not guilty by reason of insanity.
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