USA - Ohio. Senate votes to abolish death penalty for severely mentally ill.

Ohio Senate votes to abolish death penalty for severely mentally ill.
The Ohio Senate voted 27-3 Wednesday to take the death penalty off the table if offenders prove they suffered from a “serious mental illness” at the time they committed murder.
House Bill 136, sponsored by state Rep. Brett Hillyer (R., Uhlrichsville), now returns to the House of Representatives, where a prior version passed last year by a 76-17 vote. In addition to applying to future cases, it would open a 1-year window for some already sitting on death row to ask judges to commute their death sentences to life in prison without parole.
The U.S. Supreme Court had already removed execution as an option for juveniles and the mentally disabled. But current Ohio law still allows for a death sentence in cases involving mental illness claims that fall short of the severity that would lead a trial jury or judge to return a “not guilty by reason of insanity” verdict.
The bill defines “serious mental illness” as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, or any delusional disorder significantly impairing the accused's ability to exercise rational judgment in complying with the law and fully appreciating the consequences of conduct. Simple drug or alcohol intoxication would not be sufficient to meet that burden.
If the determination is made before trial that a defendant suffered from such a disorder, trial and conviction would still be allowed but the maximum murder sentence would be life in prison without parole.

https://eu.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2020/12/09/ohio-could-soon-exempt-killers-serious-mental-illnesses-death-penalty/3793903001/