Entries tagged with “Cecil Clayton”
Policy Issues
Intellectual Disability
,New Voices
,Nov 03, 2015
Missouri Scheduled to Execute Man Despite Evidence of Intellectual Disability
Ernest Johnson (pictured) is scheduled to be executed in Missouri on November 3, despite strong evidence that he is intellectually disabled and therefore ineligible for…
Policy Issues
Arbitrariness
,Mental Illness
,United States Supreme Court
,Mar 26, 2015
States Struggle with Determinations of Competency to Be Executed
A recent article in Mother Jones examines lingering questions in the determination of which inmates are exempt from execution because of mental…
Policy Issues
Intellectual Disability
,Mental Illness
,Mar 11, 2015
UPCOMING EXECUTIONS: Elderly Man With Low IQ and Brain Damage Facing Imminent Execution
UPDATE: An image of Cecil Clayton’s brain obtained via MRI can be viewed here. The image shows the front left part of his brain is physically missing.