Dear Chairman J ensen,
| want to commend you for your leadership during past legislative sessions,
especially in your work with Representative Tilley to craft a bi-partisan bill to
begin significant reform of our penal code. We need more efforts like this in
Kentucky!
As you go forward with your penal code reform efforts, | urge you and Rep-
resentative Tilley to incorporate the exclusion of execution as a punishment
for defendants whom the court determines are severely mentally ill.
| certainly agree that persons suffering from severe mental illness at the
time a capital crime is committed should be held accountable. Because of
their diminished capacity, however, they should not face execution. Life
without parole certainly punishes them and protects us.
Senator J ensen, please support and give a hearing in your committee to
legislation that would exclude the death penalty for severely mentally ill
persons. Thank you for your leadership.
Dear Chairman J ensen,
| want to commend you for your leadership during past legislative sessions,
especially in your work with Representative Tilley to craft a bi-partisan bill to
begin significant reform of our penal code. We need more efforts like this in
Kentucky!
As you go forward with your penal code reform efforts, | urge you and Rep-
resentative Tilley to incorporate the exclusion of execution as a punishment:
for defendants whom the court determines are severely mentally ill.
| certainly agree that persons suffering from severe mental illness at the
time a capital crime is committed should be held accountable. Because of
their diminished capacity, however, they should not face execution. Life
without parole certainly punishes them and protects us.
Senator J ensen, please support and give a hearing in your committee to
legislation that would exclude the death penalty for severely mentally ill
persons. Thank you for your leadership.
Dear Chairman J ensen,
| want to commend you for your leadership during past legislative sessions,
especially in your work with Representative Tilley to craft a bi-partisan bill to
begin significant reform of our penal code. We need more efforts like this in
Kentucky!
As you go forward with your penal code reform efforts, | urge you and Rep-
resentative Tilley to incorporate the exclusion of execution as a punishment:
for defendants whom the court determines are severely mentally ill.
| certainly agree that persons suffering from severe mental illness at the
time a capital crime is committed should be held accountable. Because of
their diminished capacity, however, they should not face execution. Life
without parole certainly punishes them and protects us.
Senator J ensen, please support and give a hearing in your committee to
legislation that would exclude the death penalty for severely mentally ill
persons. Thank you for your leadership.
Dear Chairman J ensen,
| want to commend you for your leadership during past legislative sessions,
especially in your work with Representative Tilley to craft a bi-partisan bill to
begin significant reform of our penal code. We need more efforts like this in
Kentucky!
As you go forward with your penal code reform efforts, | urge you and Rep-
resentative Tilley to incorporate the exclusion of execution as a punishment
for defendants whom the court determines are severely mentally ill.
| certainly agree that persons suffering from severe mental illness at the
time a capital crime is committed should be held accountable. Because of
their diminished capacity, however, they should not face execution. Life
without parole certainly punishes them and protects us.
Senator J ensen, please support and give a hearing in your committee to
legislation that would exclude the death penalty for severely mentally ill
persons. Thank you for your leadership.
The Honorable Tom J ensen
Chair, Senate J udiciary Committee
702 Capitol Ave
Annex Room 228
Frankfort KY 40601
The Honorable Tom) ensen
Chair, Senate J udiciary Committee
702 Capitol Ave
Annex Room 228
Frankfort KY 40601
The Honorable TomJ ensen
Chair, Senate J udiciary Committee
702 Capitol Ave
Annex Room 228
Frankfort KY 40601
The Honorable TomJ ensen
Chair, Senate J udiciary Committee
702 Capitol Ave
Annex Room 228
Frankfort KY 40601
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