Entries tagged with “Donald Dillbeck”

Policy Issues

Mental Illness

New Voices

Apr 03, 2023

NEW VOICES: Former Florida Prison Psychiatrist Criticizes the Execution of Mentally Ill Prisoners

Dr. Joseph Thornton, a psychiatrist who formerly treated death row prisoners as the medical director of a Florida maximum security prison, called for an end to the death penalty for those with severe mental illness: “We should not be executing any…

Policy Issues

Intellectual Disability

Mental Illness

Feb 20, 2023

Upcoming Executions Raise Concerns about Mental Illness and the Death Penalty

The cases of two defendants facing imminent execution raise concerns about the appropriateness of death sentences for those with severe mental illness or sharply-limiting mental disabilities. Andre Thomas is scheduled for execution on April 5, 2…