USA - South Dakota. The Senate defeated SB 71 to prohibit death penalty for person with severe mental illness.

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The Senate voted 21-12 to defeat SB 71, which would have prohibited the death penalty for any person with severe mental illness.

 
(Source: DPIC, 13/02/2019)

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