Harris County District Attorney Joseph S. Owmby, who helped prosecute Andrea Yates for capital murder, recently told a gathering of 200 Houston area mental health and law enforcement professionals that had Yates received more hospital treatment for her postpartum depression, she probably wouldn’t have murdered her children. Owmby noted that Yates lost her last chance for recovery when she was released from a hospital in League City while she was still dangerously delusional. He said that what happened two weeks after Yates’ release is a frightening example of how postpartum depression and psychosis can lead to severe child abuse. Despite the fact that the state had asked for the death penalty, Yates’ jury sentenced her to life in prison. (San Antonio Express-News, December 17, 2003) See New Voices.