 Address:
102 Newhouse Building
P.O. Box 40428
Olympia WA 98504-0428
Phone:
(360) 786-7654
Toll-Free: (800) 562-6000
Fax: (360) 786-7819
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Sen. Mike Carrell's "Guilty
and Mentally Ill" Legislation
Senate Bill 5253 would create a new category of “guilty
and mentally ill” for people charged with a crime. When someone who commits a crime is found not guilty by reason of insanity, he or she is usually sent to either Eastern or Western State Hospital.
SB 52532 would put a person found guilty and mentally ill under the control of the Department of Corrections, for housing in one of the two state mental hospitals until the offender’s mental condition is stabilized; then the offender would be transferred to state prison to continue his or her treatment.
This would not replace the “not guilty by reason of insanity” plea but create another level between that and “guilty.”
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