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	Trial by drowning - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Trial by drowning was a method of punishing women suspected of witchcraft.
		As part of the trial the person was thrown into a lake or river or submerged under water.
		Also per Kempin, this was not a method of trial exclusive to charges of witchcraft, but was for villeins and other "unfree" people in medieval England.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trial_by_drowning (228 words)

	Man on trial for drowning daughter
		Testimony began this morning in the trial of a Warren man who allegedly drowned his 3-year-old daughter in a laundry tub and tried to kill himself when she came for a visit last year.
		Nora Wells is expected to testify later in the trial, possibly this afternoon The only witnesses called this morning were two Warren police officers who were among the first responders to the scene.
		The trial, in Macomb County Circuit Court before Judge Donald G. Miller, is expected to last at least through the end of the week.
	www.freep.com /news/latestnews/pm6136_20050921.htm (345 words)

	Drowning trial begins in Texas
		Defense attorneys say the former nurse turned stay-at-home mom is not guilty by reason of insanity and suffered from a severe mental disease or defect that prevented her from knowing her crime was wrong.
		Before jurors get to hear evidence about Yates’ mental state at the time of the drownings, they will hear the details of the case, including the 911 call Yates placed after she drowned the last child, Noah, 7, whose body was discovered face down in a bathtub half full of water.
		Prosecutors also will likely point to testimony from Yates’ competency hearing that she made the decision to drown her children the night before and that after her husband left for work she drowned her children one at a time before her mother-in-law was to arrive.
	www.showmenews.com /2002/Feb/20020218News008.asp (387 words)

	COURTTV.COM - TRIALS - YMCA admits some blame in drowning death trial
		A lawyer representing a Jackson, Miss., YMCA being sued by a drowning victim's parents admitted Wednesday that the youth organization was at fault — partially, at least.
		During opening statements in the civil trial stemming from the death of 9-year-old Perrize Washington, defense lawyer Monte Barton acknowledged that the Metropolitan YMCA had inadequate supervision of the pool area at the time of the June 13, 2001, drowning.
		Circuit Court Judge Tomie Green, who is presiding over the trial, was clearly irate when she learned that two motions had been filed in the higher court without her knowledge.
	www.courttv.com /trials/ymca/111203_ctv.html (783 words)

	Drowning Lawsuit Overview - Find Trial Lawyers and Attorneys with Experience in Drowning Personal Injury Law
		Drowning may occur when someone is submerged in water, thus losing access to oxygen.
		This is the most common form of drowning, a "wet" drowning.
		Statistics show that there is a 75% survival rate for drowning victims rescued while in a hypothermic coma.
	www.injuryboard.com /view.cfm/Topic=336 (313 words)

	Grandmother Takes Stand in Texas Drowning Trial
		Earlier in the day, a noted psychiatrist testified for the defense that Yates knew drowning the children was illegal, but said Yates thought it was the right thing to do because it was the only way to save them from the fires of hell.
		Prosecutors agree Yates was not mentally fit, but believe she was sane under Texas law, which requires only that severely mentally ill defendants know their crime was wrong at the time they committed it.
		Police found four of the drowned children -- John, 5, Paul, 3, Luke, 2, and Mary, 6 months -- lying in bed as if they were asleep.
	www.crimelynx.com /yatesmomt.html (642 words)

	HoustonChronicle.com - Trial spectators conspicuously absent
		In contrast to the quiet courtroom for the start of the Andrea Yates trial, the entrance to the Harris County courthouse was jammed with media Monday.
		Yates is charged with capital murder in the drowning deaths of three of her children.
		In October 1995, the trial of Yolanda Saldivar, who was sentenced to life in prison in the shooting death of Tejano singer Selena, was moved here from Corpus Christi.
	www.chron.com /cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/special/drownings/1261003 (800 words)

	Andrea Yates Trial \|\| Defenseless -- [Poetic Justice] \|\| Vance Holmes
		She drowned all five of her children in the bathtub of her suburban Houston home during a one-hour period on June 20, 2001.
		In the Andrea Yates trial, as in the Junta case, the jury was not asked to punish the defendant.
		In seeking to bring this tragic case to trial by jury, the wretched state of Texas gathered like vultures around five children who the state didn't give a damn about, until they were killed by the known psychotic that was home-schooling them.
	www.vanceholmes.com /court/trial_yates.html (3949 words)

	Marine recruit's death could bring trial - Boston.com - Nation - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A water survival instructor at the Parris Island Marine Corps Depot could face trial in the drowning of a 19-year-old recruit, and an investigation released Tuesday said the death could have been prevented.
		As a result of his drowning, a water survival certified officer has assumed duties at the pool to improve supervision.
		A second, a drill instructor, grabbed Tharp by the shirt the day before the drowning and struck him on the forearm, and the third was a training officer who saw and failed to report that incident, the report said.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2005/06/28/marine_recruits_death_could_bring_trial?mode=PF (469 words)

	Manistee County, city to pay $900K in drowning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Traverse City attorney Grant Parsons successfully argued in a weeklong trial in U.S. District Court that Manistee County's then-sheriff, Ed Haik, prevented the rescue of Eugene Beck, 28, on June 28, 1995, because the sheriff was embroiled in a "turf battle" with a dive team.
		The defendants earlier prevailed at a jury trial, but a federal court of appeals judge threw out that verdict after finding that Robert Holmes Bell, the chief judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, improperly barred evidence.
		Parsons said that evidence - a 911 tape that may have been destroyed by the county after officials realized it contained evidence that hurt their position and that a U.S. Coast Guard official said he could have arrived within minutes to rescue Beck - was critical to winning the case.
	www.record-eagle.com /2005/apr/27drown.htm (585 words)

	USATODAY.com - Second soldier goes to trial in Iraqi drowning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He is accused of ordering troops to push two curfew violators into the river near Samarra in early 2004, resulting in the drowning death of Zaidoun Hassoun, 19.
		But defense lawyers contend Zaidoun is still alive, and in December a judge granted a defense request to have the body exhumed to determine identification and cause of death.
		During Perkins' trial, an Army investigator testified that she never saw Zaidoun's body, allegedly found in the river 12 days after the incident, and did not have it exhumed because of security concerns.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2005-03-14-iraq-drowning_x.htm?csp=34 (395 words)

	USATODAY.com - Mom's sanity focus of drowning trial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The murder trial of Andrea Yates, the Houston mom who drowned her five children in the family bathtub last June, is set to begin Monday in what promises to become one of the most high-profile and emotionally charged trials in recent memory.
		To prove it, Yates' lawyers must demonstrate that her mental perceptions were so distorted that she did not know it was wrong to drown the children.
		To some degree, Yates' lawyers are expected to put on trial the doctors and hospitals that treated Yates but failed to prevent the tragedy.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2002/01/04/usat-houstonmom.htm (946 words)

	trial and improvement method - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about trial and improvement method (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In mathematics, method of problem solving that uses a series of estimations, getting closer and closer to the actual answer.
		The problem solver does not expect to solve the problem outright but only to get progressively nearer to a solution.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /trial+and+improvement+method (155 words)

	Texas v. Andrea Yates - Full Trial Coverage on Courttv.com
		Despite a court ruling throwing out Andrea Yates' murder conviction, lawyers for the mother accused of drowning her five children say she is not likely to be released soon.
		Andrea Yates, the Texas mom who was convicted and sentenced to life for drowning her five children, was granted a new trial by the state's Court of Appeals.
		Andrea Yates sought to convince a jury that she drowned her five children, ages 6 months to 7 years, because she was insane.
	www.courttv.com /trials/yates (644 words)

	OAKLAND COUNTY: Teen is to stand trial in newborn's drowning
		A Detroit teen is to stand trial May 17 on a second-degree murder charge in the October 2002 drowning of her newborn in a Providence Hospital bathroom.
		When Jones was taken into an examination room four hours after their arrival, she went into the bathroom and gave birth to a full-term, 7-pound girl.
		The prosecution contends that Jones delivered the baby on the bathroom floor and then placed her in the toilet and flushed, drowning her.
	www.freep.com /news/locoak/noak20_20040220.htm (364 words)

	Execution by burning
		Witch trials became increasingly popular through the 14th and 17th century in Scotland, Spain, England, Switzerland, Austria, and Germany, and they continued to rage until the late 18th century.
		Death toll estimates for witchhunts in early modern Europe range from 60,000 to 300,000; higher figures which are sometimes cited are now generally believed to be inflated.
		Contrary to popular belief, none of the executions in the Salem witch trials were carried out by burning.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/e/ex/execution_by_burning.html (831 words)

	Andrea Yates. Death Penalty or Life in Prison? You decide. - COMPLETELY off-topic - Automotive Forums .com Car Chat- A ...
		March 12 — Andrea Yates, the Houston mother on trial for drowning her five children last year, was convicted on two counts of capital murder today.
		Yates knew drowning her children was illegal, he said, but in her psychotic and delusional state, she thought it was the only way to save her children from eternal damnation.
		But the doctors said that if she drowned her kids because of her mental illness she wouldn't of had the rationalization to think of the consequences of letting the oldest child get away.
	www.automotiveforums.com /t35226.html (1950 words)

	Christine Wilhelm :: Ex-North Florida woman on trial in drowning of son (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		TROY, N.Y. -- There is little doubt Christine Wilhelm drowned her son in a bathtub at home last year, but jurors will have to decide whether the former North Florida resident knew it was wrong or was delusional that night.
		Frost said earlier in the trial that his client believed her husband and satanic cult members were going to torture the children and make them ritual human sacrifices.
		In September 2001, after the family moved to upstate New York to be closer to her parents, she was hospitalized at Albany Medical Center after a psychotic episode at her parents' home in Hagaman.
	www.religionnewsblog.com /archives/00003680.html (885 words)

	World Affairs Board - "Emotional" Sergeant Apologizes at Iraqi Drowning Trial
		He was acquitted of involuntary manslaughter in the alleged drowning of one of the men.
		Perkins, who did not testify during his trial, told the jury of Army officers and enlisted members during the sentencing phase Saturday that his actions were wrong - although he did not apologize to the Iraqis.
		His trial was postponed until March after a judge ordered the victim's body to be exhumed for an autopsy and identification.
	www.worldaffairsboard.com /printthread.php?t=4245 (1353 words)

	The Reality Hammer Blog
		Looks like Ronnie Earle isn't going to get his "trial by drowning" and be satisified with trial by wart inspection.
		(Trial by drowning is a means of identifying a witch by drowning her.
		Trial by wart inspection means looking on the body for hidden warts.
	reality-hammer.livejournal.com /408529.html (240 words)

	Political News \| Exhumation OK'd in Army Drowning Trial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The request came from 1st Lt. Jack Saville's attorneys, who contend that no one drowned in the incident at all and that the body in the grave may be that of an Iraqi who died of unrelated causes.
		The soldiers are accused of ordering soldiers to push two Iraqis into the river in Samarra in January as punishment for violating curfew.
		Prosecutors objected to the exhumation, saying that it would be difficult in a war zone and that the condition of the body after being buried for a year could make it impossible to determine the identity or cause of death.
	www.political-news.org /breaking/3996/exhumation-okd-in-army-drowning-trial.html (350 words)

	CTV.ca - Texas mother on trial in drowning of five kids - CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
		A Texas mother who has admitted she drowned her five children in a family bathtub last year began her trial Monday for capital murder in Houston.
		Yates was arrested June 20, 2000 at her suburban home after she told police she had drowned her five children: Mary, six months old; Luke, two; Paul, three; John, five, and Noah, seven.
		One meets the requirements for a Texas capital murder charge because it alleges two killings in the same episode, while the other alleges the murder of a child under the age of 6.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1024895431420_20304631?hub=CTVNewsAt11&subhub=PrintStory (433 words)

	Army Times - News - More News
		FORT HOOD, Texas — Tuesday’s scheduled trial of a 4th Infantry Division soldier charged with manslaughter in the alleged drowning of an Iraqi citizen was pushed back six weeks to give the defense time to find key witnesses in Iraq.
		Those depositions may be introduced at trial if the men are unable or unwilling to return for the trial.
		In addition, three soldiers on patrol that night testified at the hearing that they saw two Iraqis climbing out of the river, but that investigators were only interested in finding out who had forced the men off the bridge.
	www.armytimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-473843.php (566 words)

	FOX23 - Coverage & Convenience - Mother on trial in son's drowning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In closing arguments Monday, both sides agreed the 39-year-old woman on trial is a paranoid schizophrenic who drowned Luke Wilhelm in the bathtub of their Hoosick Falls home in April 2002.
		The monthlong trial in Rensselaer County Court contained conflicting testimony on her mental state.
		Wilhelm was committed to a psychiatric hospital in May 2001 in northern Florida - where the family lived at the time - after telling deputies she feared for her children's safety, according to Florida authorities.
	www.fox23news.com /news/local/story.aspx?content_id=CB794642-AFA2-42C3-9ACE-53CA455BDBE7 (745 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		They are using the officers to point out that for a women who had just drowned her five kids, that she was extremely catatonic, just sitting there looking straight ahead blankly into the area around her.
		Obviously, the emotional part of this trial, to describe to the jury the scene that the first officer arrived, discovered the four bodies on the bed in the master bedroom laying side by side.
		The prosecutor must present and aggressively demonstrate to the jury that even though she had a mental illness, there's a lot of people with mental illness and they don't drown their children, and there a lot of people who have mental illness and don't know right from wrong.
	www-cgi.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0202/19/lt.07.html (1826 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| Couple face 'fake drowning' trial
		The trial will get under way in Trenton, New Jersey this week after the couple were indicted by a federal grand jury in August.
		The case is reminiscent of former British Government minister John Stonehouse who vanished in 1974 after leaving his clothes on a beach in Miami.
		The trial of Mr Nicholson and Ms Nagle is expected to last for two or three weeks.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/3734274.stm (645 words)

	Did She or Didn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Pivotal Question in the Andrea Yates Trial --By Mark I. Levy, M.D. Andrea Pia Yates is currently on trial for the drowning murder of her young children.
		In fact, before she drowned her children, Yates had twice attempted suicide, only to be rescued each time by her husband.
		Dietz may suggest that if Yates was suicidal at the time of the murders, she was in fact attempting to commit "suicide by state" knowing that if she killed her children, the justice system would then send her to death row and the punishment she believed she deserved.
	www.levymd.com /html/did_she_or_didn.htm (547 words)

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		While there are many people in Jacksonville watching this trial unfold, Lena's mother cannot be.
		Rose Claytor lives out of state and is too sick to travel but First Coast News Anchor Darryl Tardy spoke to her about her daughter and what happened inside her home.
		Claytor's daughter is on trial for allegedly drowning a foster child placed in her care.
	www.firstcoastnews.com /news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=7880 (347 words)

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