Click here for Part I of this series: The Horrific Childhood of Duane Owen Click here for Part II of this series: Duane Owen’s Mental Health History: Evidence from 1999 Click here for Part IV of this series: Governor Appoints Psychiatrists to Determine if Duane Owen is Too Mentally Ill to Kill  Dr. Barry Crown…

Click here for Part I of this series: The Horrific Childhood of Duane Owen Soon after Duane left the VFW home, in 1981, when he was only 19 years old, he suffered a head injury “when a car that had been jacked up fell on his head.” In 1984, a 23-year-old Duane committed the tragic…

Executing People with Serious Mental Illness The upcoming execution of Duane Owen underscores why Florida desperately needs to pass legislation protecting people with serious mental illness from the death penalty. His story is hard to read, but important to share.  Duane was first diagnosed with schizophrenia over thirty years ago. Experts opined he was insane…