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‘And Then The Race Riots Start’: A Look Back At Glenn Beck’s Ebola Predictions … – Right Wing Watch


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‘And Then The Race Riots Start’: A Look Back At Glenn Beck’s Ebola Predictions
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Beck’s nightmare scenario never came close to materializing and after the Ebola panic waned, Beck simply moved on and conveniently forgot all of dire false warnings that he had issued in the midst of the crisis. But we have not forgotten. In fact, we

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Julia Gillard lends support to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign – video

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The former Australian prime minister appears in a video for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. Guardian Australia understands the Clinton camp approached Julia Gillard to be in the video, which was shot in New York this month. Making several appearances, she praises the former secretary of state’s commitment to girls’ education and diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific region

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Former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Seeks Ban on Death Penalty for Severely Mentally Ill Defendants

Former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton (pictured) testified in state legislative hearings on October 14 that Ohio should ban use of the death penalty against defendants who suffer from serious mental illness when they commit a capital crime. Stratton, a Republican who was appointed to the court in 1996 and served, following reelection, until 2012, called the death penalty “inefficient, ineffective and a great burden on our society.” Stratton said that the U.S. Supreme Court has barred the execution of juveniles and people with intellectual disabilities because of their reduced culpability.  She told the Ohio Senate Criminal Justice Committee that people with serious mental illnesses have similarly reduced culpability. “Do we as a society say we want to execute someone who has diminished capacity and mental Illness?” Stratton asked the committee. Last year, the Ohio Supreme Court Joint Task Force on the Death Penalty issued 56 reform recommendations, including a ban on executing those with serious mental illness. Stratton said the bill would apply to defendants diagnosed with such serious mental illnesses as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depressive and delusional disorders. The bill has bipartisan sponsorship and is also supported by the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

(A. Johnson, “Don’t execute mentally ill, lawmakers told,” The Columbus Dispatch, October 14, 2015.) See Mental Illness and Recent Legislation.

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