Mental Illness

Kentucky Lawmakers Bar Death Penalty for People with Serious Mental Illness

Supreme Court Extends Eighth Amendment Protections to Prisoners with Dementia

Three Justices Say Supreme Court Should Review Death Sentence for Man With Brain Damage

EJI Argues in Supreme Court on Behalf of Client with Dementia

Alabama Executes Michael Eggers Despite Severe Mental Illness

Supreme Court to Review Questions About Competency to Be Executed

Supreme Court Blocks Execution of Vernon Madison

Supreme Court Blocks Relief for Alabama Death Row Inmate Vernon Madison

Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Alabama Death Row Inmate Who Was Denied Expert Assistance

Supreme Court Orders Review in Alabama Death Penalty Case

Federal Court Rules EJI Client Vernon Madison Not Competent to Be Executed

Supreme Court to Review Two Death Penalty Cases

Vernon Madison Granted a Stay of Execution By Eleventh Circuit

Supreme Court Affirms Stay of Execution for Vernon Madison

State of Alabama Seeks to Execute Elderly, Incompetent Man Despite His Jury’s Verdict for Life

New Report Documents High Rate of Death Sentences Imposed on Military Veterans