Arbitrariness
,Intellectual Disability
,Mental Illness
,Jul 16, 2012
Yokamon Hearn (pictured) is facing execution in Texas on July 18 despite clear evidence of brain damage since his early childhood. Hearn’s trial attorneys failed to conduct an adequate investigation into Hearn’s e…
Intellectual Disability
,United States Supreme Court
,New Voices
,Feb 13, 2013
On February 19, Georgia is scheduled to execute Warren Hill, a death row inmate who has been diagnosed with mental retardation (intellectual disability). Over a decade ago, in Atkins v. Virginia, the U.S.…
Arbitrariness
,Intellectual Disability
,Clemency
,Jul 06, 2012
Warren Hill (pictured) is scheduled to be executed on July 18 in Georgia despite being previously found intellectually disabled. The U.S. Supreme Court in Atkins v. Virgnia (2002) banned the execution of …
Recent Legislative Activity
,Executions Overview
,Lethal Injection
,Jul 19, 2013
On July 18, a Georgia Superior Court judge ruled that the state’s new law shielding the source of lethal injection drugs interfered with
Arbitrariness
,Intellectual Disability
,United States Supreme Court
,Oct 01, 2014
A county judge in Georgia denied relief for Warren Hill, a death row inmate whose diagnosed intellectual disabilities h…
Arbitrariness
,Intellectual Disability
,Jan 19, 2015
Georgia has set an execution date of January 27 for Warren Hill, an inmate diagnosed with intellectual disab…
Intellectual Disability
,Jun 11, 2021
The Georgia Supreme Court has denied a constitutional challenge to the…
Intellectual Disability
,United States Supreme Court
,May 31, 2013
On May 23, lawyers for Georgia death row inmate Warren Hill (pictured) petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent his execution, citing strong evidence that Hill has an intellectual disability. Three mental heal…
Intellectual Disability
,Executions Overview
,Death Row
,Time on Death Row
,Aug 15, 2013
According to some experts, the process of repeatedly submitting a person to imminent execution is a form of psychological torture that should be banned. The Center for Constitutional Rights has said that “the intense strain of repeatedly …
Intellectual Disability
,May 19, 2017
No death penalty jury has ever found a defendant charged with intentional murder to be ineligible for the death penalty under Georgia’s intellectual disability law, according to a new empirical study published in Georgia State Uni…
Intellectual Disability
,United States Supreme Court
,Jul 15, 2013
UPDATE: Warren Hill was granted a stay of execution by a Georgia court just hours befor…
