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Mental illness and the US justice system: State Lawmakers Look at Death Penalty Change
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Mental illness and the US justice system. Saturday, January 17, 2009. State Lawmakers Look at Death Penalty Change. Thursday, January 15 2009. One state defense attorney is asking legislators to guarantee justice and fairness by banning the execution of death row inmates who suffer from severe mental illness. Attorney Kimberly Stevens spoke to a legislative committee on Thursday asking them to remove the death penalty as a sentencing option for some suspects accused of first-degree murder.
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Mental illness and the US justice system: Editorial: Mental Health
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Mental illness and the US justice system. Monday, March 30, 2009. Court-ordered outpatient treatment for the mentally ill is effective for the individual and less expensive for the state. But in Pennsylvania, it's rarely used. That's because the state's outdated 1976 mental-health law requires ill people to be a "clear and present danger" to themselves or others before a judge can order them to get treatment. Sponsored by Sen. Stewart Greenleaf (R., Montgomery, Bucks), SB 251 would allow judges t...New Y...
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Mental illness and the US justice system: Early intervention works for mentally ill
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Mental illness and the US justice system. Monday, April 6, 2009. Early intervention works for mentally ill. OUR OPINION: They belong in treatment facilities, not in jails and prisons. You see them all the time: People who aimlessly wander the streets, obviously homeless and obviously in need of attention for their mental illnesses. Ever wonder what happens to them? Far too many end up in jail or prison, at great and unnecessary expense to taxpayers. This is what can be accomplished if state legislators a...
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Mental illness and the US justice system: Mentally ill need treatment, not jail
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Mental illness and the US justice system. Tuesday, July 8, 2008. Mentally ill need treatment, not jail. By Darlene Linville, Guest Columnist. Published Sunday, July 6, 2008 5:17 PM. I am amazed at how quickly our county officials, judges, attorneys and jail personnel came together to make it all happen. The mental health court has begun hearing cases, in Judge Richard Tombrink's courtroom. Everyone agrees a mental health court is not the final answer, but only a beginning. "Treatment not jail" includ...
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The Nobel Peace Prize to George Ryan: Chicago Deal to Pay $20 Million in Police Torture Case Hits Roadblock
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The Nobel Peace Prize to George Ryan. George Ryan has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007. Friday, December 14, 2007. Chicago Deal to Pay $20 Million in Police Torture Case Hits Roadblock. John Conroy, investigative journalist and author. He brought the torture story to light eighteen years ago and has covered it since for the Chicago Reader. He was laid off five days ago. He is also the author of “Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People: The Dynamics of Torture.”. JOHN CONROY: Thank you very much.
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Free Lionel Tate: Putnam girl, 16, convicted of 1st-degree murder
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Friday, August 14, 2009. Putnam girl, 16, convicted of 1st-degree murder. Morgan Leppert will be sentenced to life in prison. BUNNELL — As reality set in, Morgan Leppert’s sobs echoed through a Flagler County courtroom Thursday afternoon. 8220;The level of violence that she and Toby Lowry reached, that trumped her age,” Assistant State Attorney Chris France said after the verdict, reached in about 90 minutes. James Thomas Stewart, 66, was beaten, stabbed, stomped and suffocated in his home after Leppert ...
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Free Lionel Tate: Amicus JLC to USSC in LWOP for juveniles
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Friday, August 14, 2009. Amicus JLC to USSC in LWOP for juveniles. Http:/ www.oranous.com/florida/TerranceGraham/JLC%20Amicus.pdf. Source ( www.oranous.com. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. Support the Haiti Disaster Relief Effort. Supreme Court Considers Constitutionality of Juven. ABA amicus to USSC in Graham and Sullivan. Amicus JLC to USSC in LWOP for juveniles. Life in prison for criminal teens? Putnam girl, 16, convicted of 1st-degree murder.
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Free Lionel Tate: Jacksonville teen found guilty of murder for $3
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Thursday, August 19, 2010. Jacksonville teen found guilty of murder for $3. The 16-year-old faces a mandatory life term in prison at Oct. 4 hearing. August 18, 2010 - 6:15pm. As the verdict was read, 16-year-old Thomas D. Partlow's mother wept. Guilty. First-degree murder. It's a decision that took a Duval County jury of three men and three women about 75 minutes Wednesday to determine, one that will hold Partlow in a state prison for the remainder of his life unless he appeals successfully. An estimated...
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Free Lionel Tate: ABA amicus to USSC in Graham and Sullivan
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Friday, August 14, 2009. ABA amicus to USSC in Graham and Sullivan. Http:/ www.oranous.com/florida/TerranceGraham/graham and sullivan amicus brie f.pdf. Source ( www.oranous.com. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. Support the Haiti Disaster Relief Effort. Supreme Court Considers Constitutionality of Juven. ABA amicus to USSC in Graham and Sullivan. Amicus JLC to USSC in LWOP for juveniles. Life in prison for criminal teens? Video of Josh Phillips in Times Union.
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Free Lionel Tate: Teen who allegedly hit, killed woman in Rviera Beach charged as adult
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Friday, May 21, 2010. Teen who allegedly hit, killed woman in Rviera Beach charged as adult. Palm Beach Post Staff Writer. Updated: 9:48 am Friday, May 21, 2010. Posted: 9:06 am Friday, May 21, 2010. Jermaine Nixon, the 15-year-old accused of losing control of a stolen car and mowing down and killing a woman in Riviera Beach, has been charged as an adult and booked into the Palm Beach County Jail, records show. Known as "Kat," she loved Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and root beer. At a May 4 hearing, Juveni...