Entries tagged with “Gary Gilmore”
Mental Illness
,Conditions on Death Row
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,Oct 24, 2024
New Analysis: Death-Sentenced Prisoners “Volunteer” for Execution at Ten Times Civilian Suicide Rate
Derrick Dearman first told his mother that he wanted to die when he was four years old. On October 17, he was executed by the state of Alabama, becoming the 20th person executed in the United States this year and the 165th in the modern era to “volunteer” for death. A new analysis by the Death Penalty Information Center shows that despite falling rates of death sentences, executions, and public support for the death penalty, the number of death-sentenced prisoners waiving their appeals and…