USA - Arkansas. House Judiciary Committee defeated HB 1494 prohibiting the death penalty for severe mental illness.

11 March 2019 :

The House Judiciary Committee voted 11-5 to defeat HB 1494, which would have prohibited imposing the death penalty on defendants with severe mental illness.

 
(Source: DPIC, 07/03/2019)

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