Tennessee passes "Jillian's Law" to commit incompetent trial defendants to treatment facilities, prevent gun ownership.

Tennessee's General Assembly has passed "Jillian's Law", requiring people deemed incompetent to stand trial to be committed to an appropriate treatment facility and entered into the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, which prohibits gun ownership. The legislation aims to close a loophole in state law after Jillian Ludwig, a Belmont University freshman, was shot and killed in November 2023 by a man deemed incompetent to stand trial for a prior crime.

April 15, 2024
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