Entries tagged with “Robert Fisher”
Issues
Military
,Nov 12, 2018
A Veterans Day Review: Recent Cases Highlight Concerns About Veterans and the Death Penalty
As Americans become increasingly aware of the role of combat trauma in the development of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other mental health disorders, the shift in public perceptions towards veterans suffering from these disorders has played out in the courts in recent death penalty cases. In 2018, at least four military veterans facing death sentences have instead been sentenced to life in prison, and another two veterans won relief in their death-penalty cases. One military…
Issues
Military
,Aug 07, 2018
Two Servicemen Suffering From Brain Trauma, PTSD Win Death-Penalty Relief
Two servicemen — one a former airman on the U.S. military death row, another a decorated Vietnam veteran sentenced to death in Pennsylvania — have won relief from their capital convictions or death sentences. On August 1, 2018, the La Crosse Tribune reported that an Air Force court martial jury had imposed a life sentence on senior airman Andrew Witt (pictured, left) following a three-week capital resentencing trial. The verdict in Witt’s case came two years after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…