Personally, I believe that a person can be both mentally ill AND still know right from wrong, and that this is the case with Andrea Yates. She should receive the death penalty. Oh, and since her husband KNEW she was ill (suffered post-partum after the birth of each child) and left her alone with their children, HE SHOULD, TOO! They should have been in daycare, with another relative, or she should have been supervised by a friend, neighbor or relative.
Smudge