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MVFHR/NAMI Gather Next Week in San Antonio

By Kristin Houle

Media AdvisorySeptember 23, 2008National Project LaunchMurder Victims? Families Oppose Death Penalty for People with Severe Mental IllnessesWashington, D.C.? Murder Victims? Families for Human Rights (MVFHR) and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will launch a national project opposing the death penalty for persons with severe mental illnesses at a press conference in San Antonio, Texas on October 3.The initiative builds on recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions that raise questions about the capacity of individuals diagnosed with severe mental illnesses sentenced to death to understand why they are being executed or even that they will die. A national report on the issue will be released in June 2009, based in part on testimony from family members at San Antonio event...continue to full post

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