USA - Tennessee. The House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee passed HB 1455 to ban death penalty for mentally ill
USA - Tennessee. The House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee passed HB 1455 to ban death penalty for mentally ill
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The House Judiciary Committee's subcommittee on Criminal Justice voted to send HB1455 to the full committee for a hearing on whether defendants who suffered from severe mental illness at the time of the offense should be exempted from the death penalty.
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- (Source: Associated Press, 13/03/2019)
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