Entries tagged with “David Braden”
Policy Issues
Mental Illness
,Jul 09, 2024
Disability Pride Month Series: Serious Mental Illness Exemptions and Legislation
This July, in honor of Disability Pride Month, the Death Penalty Information Center is posting a weekly feature highlighting issues related to the death penalty and disability, as well as individuals who have played key roles in changing the laws to protect prisoners with…
Policy Issues
Mental Illness
,Recent Legislative Activity
,Jun 24, 2021
Ohio Prisoner David Braden Becomes First Person Taken Off Death Row Under New Mental Illness Law
An Ohio trial court has resentenced death-row prisoner David Braden (pictured) to life without parole, making him the first person in the nation taken off death row by a state law barring capital punishment for people with severe mental…
Policy Issues
Mental Illness
,Recent Legislative Activity
,Oct 22, 2021
Second Ohio Prisoner Taken Off Death Row Under New Serious Mental Illness Law
A second Ohio death-row prisoner has been resentenced to life without parole under a new state law that makes individuals who were seriously mentally ill at the time of their crime ineligible for the death…