Number	20317
Subject	Criminal Justice System
Source	Courier-Journal (Louisville, Ky.)
State	Kentucky
Year	2003
Publication Date	May 25, 2003
Summary	The Courier-Journal reports that "Kentucky's longest serving inmate -- the nation's sixth longest prisoner -- is a mentally retarded and mentally ill man who has spent 50 years behind bars and whom experts say never should have been prosecuted because he was incompetent for trial and insane at the time of the crime."
Category	General
Pages	8
Keywords	mentally retarded;mentally ill;longest-serving inmates;crime;prisoners;incompetent;sentencing;Corrections Department
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