Arbitrariness
,Costs
,Deterrence
,Innocence
,Intellectual Disability
,Mental Illness
,Race
,Representation
,Feb 21, 2022
Calling capital punishment in the U.S. “broken,” 56 elected prosecutors from across the country have issued a joint statement urging systemic changes to end the death penalty nationwide. As an initial step, the prosecutors pledged to not seek the …
Mental Illness
,Military
,Nov 12, 2018
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 …
Mental Illness
,Clemency
,Upcoming Executions
,Aug 23, 2021
A Nevada death-row prisoner has asked for a clemency hearing to present new evidence of significant brain damage and post-traumatic stress disorder caused by military service and childhood trauma. On August 10, 2021, lawy…
Intellectual Disability
,Juveniles
,Mental Illness
,Public Opinion
,Mar 01, 2022
A new national poll has found that bipartisan majorities of Americans oppose seeking the death penalty against vulnerable groups of defendants who historically have been disproportionately subjected to its use. The poll, conducted by the …
Intellectual Disability
,Mental Illness
,Public Opinion
,Feb 03, 2022
Likely voters in Clark County, Nevada overwhelmingly oppose the use of capital punishment against broad categories of vulnerable and impaired persons whom county prosecutors have been trying to execute, a new poll…
Mental Illness
,Representation
,Military
,Aug 07, 2018
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.
Mental Illness
,United States Supreme Court
,Feb 27, 2020
A divided U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that James McKinney (pictured), an Arizona death-row prisoner who was unconstitutionally sentenced to death by a trial judge who did not consider mitigating …
