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Article: Murder Victims Families Oppose Death Penalty for People with Severe Mental Illnesses
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- September 23, 2008
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To: STATE EDITORS
Contact: Susannah Sheffer of Murder Victims Families for Human
Rights, +1-617-512-2010, sheffer@aceweb.com or Christine Armstrong
of National Alliance on Mental Illness, +1-703-312-7893,
christinea@nami.org
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --- 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 ...