Mental Illness

Missouri Executes Severely Brain-Damaged 74-Year-Old Man Without Competency Hearing

New Poll Shows Americans Oppose Death Penalty for Mentally Ill People

Supreme Court Reinforces Ban on Executing the Intellectually Disabled

Florida Executes Mentally Ill Man

Andrew Lackey Execution Raises Questions About the Death Penalty

State of Alabama Plans to Execute Mentally Ill Man

Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty Cases May Proceed Even While Defendant Is Incompetent

Alabama Woman Sentenced to Life in Prison After Victims Oppose Death Penalty

Inadequate Assistance to Poor Capital Defendant Challenged in Court

State of Alabama Executes Christopher Johnson Despite Questions About His Mental Competency

EJI Challenges State’s Use of Community Notification Act to Prevent Disabled Man’s Family From Caring for Him