Entries by Ella Joshi

In 2002, a Gallup poll found that 75% of Americans opposed exe­cut­ing indi­vid­u­als who have severe men­tal ill­ness­es. Many peo­ple believe that the U.S. does not exe­cute peo­ple who suf­fer from seri­ous men­tal ill­ness. This is only par­tial­ly true. In fact, the Constitution bars the exe­cu­tion only of peo­ple who are legal­ly deemed​“insane” or men­tal­ly incom­pe­tent. But the legal stan­dard for demon­strat­ing men­tal incom­pe­tence is high and exemp­tions from execution for…

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