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06/19/2017

A Veteran's plea: stop executing people with severe mental illness

A Veteran's Plea: Stop executing people with severe mental illness

Frederick J. Frese, III, Ph.D., practicing psychologist and former Marine Corps captain who served during the Vietnam War and who was discharged after being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, is someone who has been on both sides of the mental health system  - as a consumer and as a caregiver - Dr. Frese supports others who believe that taking the death penalty off the table for people with severe mental illness (Ohio's HB 81/SB 40) is a sensible, humane response that respects the fundamental dignity of each human being.

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