Killers with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bi-polar disorder, major depression or delusional disorder could be executed in Ohio if they’re convicted of murder but not determined to be legally insane. Republican Sen. Bill Seitz of Cincinnati says people with those illnesses have diminished capacity to understand their crimes, so they should be spared lethal injection.

“It really does not serve any deterrence purpose to execute someone who was so seriously diminished mentally at the time of the crime. Why are we doing that? What purpose is served?” asks Seitz.

Seitz has bi-partisan support for his bill, which would require imprisonment but not execution for just those five illnesses. He says prosecutors would have ample opportunity to challenge those diagnoses in court.