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Op-Ed: Prohibit the Death Penalty for Offenders with Mental Illness

By Kristin Houle

Here's an op-ed that appeared in the The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana), from Kathleen Bayes. Bayes is the executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness-Fort Wayne.Indiana should pass bill to prevent death penalty for severely mentally illThank You, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel editorial staff for your continued strong objection to reinstating the death sentence for Joseph Corcoran. Your editorial on Jan. 5 inspired me to continue the fight. Please, please, Gov. Daniels, choose to commute the death sentence of Corcoran to life in prison without parole. End this pathetic injustice and enormous waste of money. Order the Indiana attorney general's office to forgo any further appeals. Surely, they have more useful, productive ways to spend their time and money...continue to full post

Full post as published by Prevention Not Punishment on January 16, 2009 (boomark / email).