Cleveland appeals court Judge Kathleen Keough told the AP’s Andrew Welsh-Huggins that the mental-illness recommendation is “an issue of common decency. … A person suffering from serious mental illness should not be subject to the death penalty.”
Do you agree? Or should that question be determined during the course of a trial, rather than when the accused's mental state is established? What other changes to Ohio's capital-punishment law would you recommend? Send your thoughts and opinions to mwilliams@coxohio.com.
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