Texas Woman Who Stoned Sons To Death Can’t Leave Mental Facility

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Posted: 11:45 AM Apr 12, 2007
Last Updated: 5:08 PM Apr 12, 2007

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(April 12, 2007)--A state appeals court has ruled that an East Texas woman who stoned two of her young sons to death in 2003 will no longer be allowed to leave a mental facility for outings.

Deanna Laney of Chapel Hill was acquitted by reason of insanity of murder in her sons' 2003 deaths.

She'd been granted passes to leave the inpatient facility in Kerrville with her parents for outings like shopping and dining in the Hill Country.

But the 12th Court of Appeals ruled that the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation may not grant such passes.

After Laney's acquittal, District Judge Cynthia Stevens Kent had ordered that Laney be placed in a maximum-security inpatient treatment facility.

She has since been moved from Vernon State Hospital to Kerrville State Hospital, a non-secure inpatient facility.

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