Incompetence Decision Places Calif. At Center Of Debate Over Mentally Ill Inmates Awaiting Execution
Attorney General Kamala Harris’ office has asked the California Supreme Court to remove a man from death row, arguing he will always be too gravely disabled to execute. If the court agrees, it would make the state the first to address the growing problem.
Los Angeles Times:
On California's Death Row, Too Insane To Execute
On an August afternoon in 1984, Linda Marie Baltazar Pasnick, a 27-year-old aspiring model, was running errands before a fashion competition when she pulled into the drive-through at a Der Wienerschnitzel. (St. John, 6/5)
In other mental health news —
The San Francisco Chronicle:
Mentors Reduce Return Trips For Mental Health Patients
Bay Area mental health experts are pioneering a deceptively simple yet seemingly effective way to reduce the chances of psychiatric patients getting sent back to the hospital after they’ve been discharged. (Colliver, 6/3)