ADVISORY/Mental Health Advocates Fear Executions of Mentally Ill Prisoners.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2000 TOPIC: According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a Newhouse News Service report, the National Mental Health Association stated that 10 percent of death row inmates allegedly are mentally ill and that, since 1983, 60 mentally ill inmates have been put to death in prisons across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Federal courts consider death row inmates to be sane if they can comprehend what execution is and why it is happening to them. However, many mental health experts allegedly claim that those who are mentally ill merely parrot what is being said to them giving off the impression that they actually understand the situation. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Professor Verta Taylor, of Ohio State University Ohio State University, main campus at Columbus; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1870, opened 1873 as Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College, renamed 1878. There are also campuses at Lima, Mansfield, Marion, and Newark. , Department of Sociology Noun 1. department of sociology - the academic department responsible for teaching and research in sociology sociology department academic department - a division of a school that is responsible for a given subject , has expert knowledge in areas including sociology and mental illness. 614/292-0320 614/292-OHIO (University PR Phone) Professor Allan Horwitz, of Rutgers University, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, can discuss topics involving mental illness, criminology and sociology. 732/445-4139 732/932-INFO (University PR Phone) Dr. Pogos H. Voskanian, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry for MCP (1) See Microsoft certification. (2) (MultiChip Package) A chip package that contains two or more chips. It is essentially a multichip module (MCM) that uses a laminated, printed-circuit-board-like substrate (MCM-L) rather than ceramic (MCM-C). Hahnemann University, has expertise regarding issues, such as the insanity defense A defense asserted by an accused in a criminal prosecution to avoid liability for the commission of a crime because, at the time of the crime, the person did not appreciate the nature or quality or wrongfulness of the acts. The insanity defense is used by criminal defendants. , capital sentencing and competency to stand trial. 215/464-3380 forensics See computer forensics. @pol.net ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/expertsource. Business Wire's Media Resource Center provides working journalists many free media services. Please visit the BW Media Resource Center at (www.businesswire.com/media) for more information. |
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