Presidential pardon and mentally ill offenders detained in forensic hospitals.

Braz J Psychiatry

Department of Clinical Medicine, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto AlegreRS, Brazil, Department of Clinical Medicine, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.

Published: September 2014

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