News & Commentary about Mental Illness and the Death Penalty
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Jan 2, 2024
Another Year of America's Failed Experiment: The Death Penalty in 2023
Feb 27, 2020
“Do Not Kill in My Name” – How Colorado Finally Repealed the Death Penalty
Dec 13, 2019
The Death Penalty in 2019: A Year of Incredible Progress, Marred by Unconscionable Executions
Apr 27, 2018
Prosecutors Hid Evidence of Corey Williams’ Innocence in Pursuit of a Death Sentence
Oct 23, 2017
Jack Greene Has Profound Mental Illness, but Arkansas Wants to Execute Him Anyway
Apr 25, 2016
Texas Courts Rely on 'Of Mice and Men' to Define Intellectual Disability and Sentence People to Death
Nov 2, 2015
If Nothing Happens Between Now and Tonight, Missouri Will Execute an Intellectually Disabled Man
Aug 13, 2014
An Innocent Man Is Dying of Cancer on Texas's Death Row