As seen in this blog post
Under the Texas insanity-defense law, a delusional person acting under "orders from God" should be judged NOT guilty by reason of insanity, but a delusional person acting under "orders from Satan" be considered sane, according to prominent forensic psychiatrist Park Dietz (according to a June USA Today story).
Dietz believes that Andrea Yates knew that drowning her kids upon command of someone "without moral authority" (such as Satan) was wrong and thus that she did not qualify for insanity-law protection.
Dietz later concluded the opposite in another Texas child-killing case because God had supposedly assured that mother that her kids would be better off dead.
To Review:
"The Devil Made Me Do It"
(You are NOT insane in Texas)
"God Made Me Do It"
(You ARE insane in Texas!)
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