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TN Death Row Inmate Receives Life Sentence

By Kristin Houle

The ACLU Capital Punishment Project reports that Tennessee death row inmate Richard Taylor has received a life sentence, in exchange for pleading guilty to the crime for which he was sentenced to death in 1981. Taylor has a long, documented history of severe mental illness; according to the ACLU, he has been denied psychiatric treatment at various times during his incarceration and was not receiving his anti-psychotic medication at the time of the crime.Here's the press release from the ACLU:Mentally Ill Man Receives Life Sentence After 18 Years On Tennessee Death Row (6/3/2008)Deal Comes Two Months After Death Sentence Reversed By Appeals CourtFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: (212) 549-2582 or 2666; media@aclu.org NASHVILLE ? A severely mentally ill man who spent 18 years on death row and whose conviction and death sentence were reversed by a Tennessee appeals court in March was sentenced to life imprisonment today...continue to full post

Full post as published by Prevention Not Punishment on June 03, 2008 (boomark / email).