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: Prevention Not PunishmentLegislation Re Mental Illness & the Death Penalty Introduced in North Carolina
By Kristin Houle
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The News & Observer reports that lawmakers in North Carolina will consider legislation aimed at prohibiting the death penalty for offenders with severe mental illness ("Bill would ban execution of mentally ill killers," January 13, 2009).Here's the full article: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 read more
Full post as published by Prevention Not Punishment on January 14, 2009 (boomark / email).
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