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North Carolina Execution Would Ban Execution of Mentally Ill

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"Bill would ban execution of mentally ill killers," is the Raleigh News & Observer report by Dan Kane. A coalition of advocates for the mentally ill and a state Superior Court judge spoke in favor today of legislation that would exclude the severely mentally ill from the death penalty.Draft legislation introduced at a joint legislative committee today would allow a judge to determine that a defendant suffered from severe mental illness at the time of the killing. The defendant would still face a murder trial, but the worst punishment would be life without parole.Advocates of the legislation say it would only apply to those with severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, or those with severe brain injuries...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on January 14, 2009 (boomark / email).