Prosecutors will not pursue the death penalty for a mother who threw her three boys into San Francisco Bay.

THE woman charged with tossing her three sons into San Francisco Bay has been battling schizophrenia and once said she was going to feed the boys to the sharks, family members said.

A woman seen dropping her three young sons into San Francisco Bay from a downtown pier was charged with murder early today, as anguished relatives kept vigil and rescuers combed the chilly water for the bodies of two of the victims.