Thus Spake Russell Yates

Russell Yates was on Larry King Live last night.

(CNN) -- The husband of Andrea Yates, who admitted she drowned the couple's five children, said a Texas appellate court's decision to throw out her murder convictions gives prosecutors a chance to seek treatment for his wife's mental illness.

Russell Yates made the comments Thursday evening in an exclusive interview on CNN's "Larry King Live."

"If they drop charges against her, then she'd go to a mental hospital and then the doctors would decide when she's well enough to go home," Yates said. "They've treated her like a serial killer, and my feeling all along has been it's a waste of the taxpayers' money to prosecute her."

But a spokesman for the Harris County District Attorney's Office said prosecutors will ask the appellate court to reconsider its ruling striking down Andrea Yates' convictions, and, if that fails, they will appeal the ruling to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

I appreciate the situation that Russell Yates is in, and I can understand his opinion, but I disagree with him. Do I believe that Andrea Yates has some real problems that should be addressed? Of course. Do I believe that she knew the difference between right and wrong when she drowned not one, but all five of her own children? Absolutely not. You can claim postpartum depression 'til you're blue in the face, the fact of the matter is that this was an extremely conservative, churchgoing family, and Andrea Yates knew that what she was doing was wrong; after all, she was the one who called the police.

It's been said, I believe by Judge Andrew Napolitano on the Lars Larson show, that this ruling will be overturned and the judgment will stand. I hope it does.