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Groundbreaking New Report from MVFHR/NAMI

By Kristin Houle

For Immediate Release Contact: Susannah ShefferJuly 6, 2009 617-512-2010 sheffer@aceweb.com Death Penalty and Mental Illness: Families of Victims Speak out at National Convention;?Double Tragedies? Report ReleasedSan Francisco, CA?For the first time, families of murder victims have joined with families of persons with mental illness who have been executed to speak out against the death penalty.Double Tragedies, a report being released today at a special session on the first day of the annual convention of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), calls the death penalty ?inappropriate and unwarranted? for people with severe mental disorders and ?a distraction from problems within the mental health system that contributed or even directly led to tragic violence...continue to full post

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