Senate Bill 40
Avoid death penalty if serious mental illness at time of crime
To amend sections 2929.02, 2929.022, 2929.024, 2929.03, 2929.04, 2929.06, 2953.21, and 2953.23 and to enact section 2929.025 of the Revised Code to provide that a person convicted of aggravated murder who shows that the person had a serious mental illness at the time of committing the offense cannot be sentenced to death for the offense and to provide a mechanism for resentencing to a life sentence a person previously sentenced to death who proves that the person had a serious mental illness at the time of committing the offense.
Current Version
Introduced In House
In House Committee
Reported By Committee
Passed By House
Introduced In Senate
In Senate Committee
Reported By Committee
Passed By Senate
Sent To The Governor
Subjects
Committees
Senate Judiciary Committee
Primary Sponsors
John Eklund
Sandra Williams
Cosponsors
Senators
Edna Brown
William P. Coley, II
Frank LaRose
Joseph Schiavoni
Lou Terhar
Cecil Thomas
Kenny Yuko
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