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Effort to ban the death penalty for offenders with mental illness gains momentum in Kentucky

By Kristin Houle

Here's an excerpt from a lengthy article that appeared on September 3 in LEO, the alternative weekly paper in Louisville, Kentucky. The article ("Crazy and Condemned - Kentucky Could Be the First State to Ban Executions of the Severely Mentally Ill") chronicles an emerging effort in Kentucky to secure a legislative prohibition on the death penalty for offenders with severe mental illness. Other states may also introduce legislation during their 2009 sessions."It was clear from the beginning Eugene Gall was guilty. It also was clear he was insane.Driving through a Cincinnati suburb on the morning of April 5, 1978, Gall ? a paranoid schizophrenic with a criminal past ? spotted a young girl walking alone through the tranquil neighborhood. The 12-year-old girl was on her way to school...continue to full post

Full post as published by Prevention Not Punishment on September 04, 2008 (boomark / email).