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Ken
and Lois Robison
We are just an average family except that our son was
executed by the state of Texas. Larry was diagnosed as a paranoid
schizophrenic at the age of 21. Our family tried in vain to get
him proper treatment. We were told by mental health professionals
that he was not well and would get worse without treatment, but
hospitals routinely discharged him after 30-day stays because he was
"not violent and they "needed the bed." We were
told that if he became violent, he could get the long-term treatment
that everyone agreed he needed.
Our son's first and only act of violence was to kill five
people. Despite his well-documented history of mental illness, he
was found sane and sentenced to die. How can a modern, civilized
society choose to exterminate its ill citizens rather than treat them?
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Ken and Lois Robison believe that appropriate treatment is the only answer to preventing mentally ill persons from committing acts of violence. Nearly a third of the people on death row are either mentally ill or mentally retarded. Until preventive medical help is available, they believe that tragedies will only continue. Ken and Lois are the Co-Directors of HOPE of CURE, an issue chapter of both National CURE and TX CURE. They work with Death Row prisoners, their families and friends, victims families and activists to abolish the death penalty, improve conditions on death row, and serve as a support group. Ken is a college teacher and Lois is a retired third grade teacher. They have eight children, fifteen grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.
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