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Tag: Death Penalty

Should We Execute the Mentally Ill?

August 9, 2015

“Make no mistake, Holmes’s  actions were and still are deplorable, says psychologist Karla Ivankovich, an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois, Springfield, who counsels many patients with mental illness. But many are wondering if execution is the answer for the mentally ill.”

https://www.yahoo.com/health/should-we-execute-the-mentally-ill-126046693072.html

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