The criminal justice
system is ill-suited to address biologically-based brain disorders that
create illogical , confused patterns of thought. Supreme Court may ultimately rule its
application to people with serious mental illness unconstitutional.

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States make people who are profoundly sick -- through no
fault of their own -- marginally well for the sole purpose of putting
them to death.

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"NAMI thanks Amnesty International for its contribution to this growing
debate.

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"When people disguise or represent harms as moral goods, they define
concepts such as fairness, justice and moral balancing in terms that favor
rights and wrongs that are politically, economically or culturally
advantageous to their own accepted norms and values. Walborn says that, "a key goal of the Society of Rational Well Being
is to motivate people to evaluate their material and spiritual goals in terms
of how some of these goals may be harms disguised as moral goods.
"NAMI opposes the death penalty for people with serious mental illnesses.

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WASHINGTON, Michael Fitzpatrick, executive
director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) today issued the
following statement:

"Amnesty International's report today on the death penalty and mental
illness represents a compelling step forward in making the case that
profound injustice exists at the most painful intersection of the mental
healthcare and criminal justice systems in America. Juries
wrongly interpret their demeanor as lack of remorse.

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com and the Society
of Rational Well Being, explains that, "the paradox is the product of
biological processes that bias decision-making and behavior."
He continues by saying that resolving the problem of living an ethical
life will require ethical theorists to deal with the fact, as expressed by
Nobel Laureate Eric R.amnesty.

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PHOENIX, A new website uses neuroscience research
and a naturalistic approach to moral psychology to explain how the story of
civilizations is also the story of a biologically-induced moral paradox, the
paradox of the good, and how it endlessly shapes and reshapes the religious,
political and economic landscapes of the world."

For Copy of Amnesty International Report:
http://web.

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Exposing the Social Problem of Harms Disguised as Moral Goods

Walborn, "rather than a stand-alone ethical system,
Rational Well Being is a series of principles, rules and concepts designed to
help people evaluate their moral decision-making in the light of how human
biology affects moral thought and action.
"Juries are called upon to apply narrow, irrelevant legal definitions to
people who do not fit those terms .

* In supreme irony, defendants denied medical treatment before committing
crimes may be forcibly medicated to make them competent to stand trial
or be executed.

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motivates individuals and social groups to disguise or represent harms as
moral goods to promote or preserve the goodness they believe their norms and
values represent.

* Defendants with serious mental illnesses during trial may appear
impassive , because of the effects of psychiatric medications. We call on state legislatures to eliminate the death penalty in
such cases.

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Walborn asks a disheartening question: "In a
continuously modernizing world, does maintaining the moral legitimacy of one's
norms and values (and the possibility of an ethical life) require the power
and ingenuity to disguise certain harms as moral goods?"
According to Mr.

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The death penalty poses issues that typically are never
considered:

* Stigma -- fear, ignorance, and prejudice -- surrounding mental illness
may influence jury decisions, particularly in states where 'future
dangerousness' is a criteria. Individuals with serious mental
illness often are unable to get help.

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Kandel , "that everything the brain produces, from the
most private thoughts to the most public acts, should be understood as a
biological process."
For the Society's perspective on Christian ethics , see
http://www.

Death Penalty + Mental Illness: NAMI Applauds Amnesty International Report

The law has not kept pace with modern science.

* As noted by President Bush's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health,
the mental healthcare system in America is a fragmented 'system in
shambles.

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The law tries to paint bright lines
between right and wrong in order to evaluate psychosis , delusions, and
hallucinations.

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Treatment or interventions may be
inadequate, including long waiting lists or early discharge from
hospitalization.

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Mental illness becomes an aggravating,
rather than mitigating factor.

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This means
learning how to reach one's objects of support without harming others
(or self) and how to balance and distribute the benefits, risks and costs of
cooperating with others to maximize happiness and well-being.

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