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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| Law enforcement, attorneys and judges meet for conference on mentally ill in the courts. |
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By Karen Kasler - May 6, 2005 |
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The trial of the highway sniper continues in Columbus. Charles McCoy Junior suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, and because of his plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, a side issue of the trial is the concern of how the justice system deals with mentally ill defendants. Two conferences dealing with this issue, one statewide and one national, are being held next week in Columbus, bringing together attorneys, law enforcement and judges. Ohio Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Stratton told Ohio Public Radio's Karen Kasler the problem has been growing since mental hospitals started closing down in the 1950s. On May 10, PBS will delve into the issue on “Frontline”, going inside Ohio’s prison system and what it calls “The New Asylums”. There are estimated to be as many as a half a million mentally ill people in the US prison system. |
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Justice Evelyn Stratton with Karen Kasler (:27) 
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Justice Evelyn Stratton (:19)
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Justice Evelyn Stratton (:30)
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Justice Evelyn Stratton (:17)
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