On January 6, 2005, a Texas Court of Appeals reversed the convictions, because California psychiatrist and prosecution witness Dr. Park Dietz admitted he had given materially false testimony during the trial. In his testimony, Dietz had stated that shortly before the murders, an episode of "Law & Order" had aired featuring a woman who drowned her children, and was acquitted of murder by reason of insanity. Author, and later Yale University lecturer, Suzanne O'Malley, was covering the trial for ', "The New York Times Magazine," and NBC News. She had previously been a writer for "Law & Order," and immediately reported that no such episode existed; Two years later, in 2004, ' did air the episode "," based in part on Yates's case. The appellate court held unanimously that the jury might have been influenced by Dietz's false testimony, and therefore a new trial would be necessary. On January 9, 2006, Yates again entered pleas of not guilty by reason of insanity. On February 1, 2006, she was granted release on bail on the condition that she be admitted to a mental health treatment facility.