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Panel Recommends No Death Penalty For Mentally Ill Offenders

An Ohio Supreme Court committee examining capital punishment wants lawmakers to debate whether the death penalty should be off the table for offenders with serious mental illness. That has long been a factor in deciding whether someone should be executed, but the new proposal deals with eliminating it before a person is charged.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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