Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and the Death Penalty

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  Indiana Abolition Coalition

  

  COVID Delayed the First Federal Execution of a Woman in 70 Years

  VICE - Trone Dowd

  Two of Lisa Montgomery's lawyers have the virus. Lisa Montgomery, a woman whose life has been marred by years of sexual abuse and mental illness, has been serving a life sentence in federal prison since murdering a pregnant woman more than 15 years ago. Now, the only obstacle preventing her from …

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  Indiana Abolition Coalition

  Dec 11, 2019
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  Indiana Abolition Coalition

  

  Executing People with Serious Mental Illness -- Like Wesley Purkey -- Is Wrong | ACS

  acslaw.org - Ron Honberg, J.D.

  Wesley Purkey is a 67-year old man in rapid decline from Alzheimer’s disease. He also suffers from longstanding multiple serious mental health …

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  Indiana Abolition Coalition

  

  I'm on Death Row for Punching a Man

  VICE - J.T. Kirksey

  After three decades, I feel like I’m dying a slow death. This article was published in collaboration with the Marshall Project. Sign up for their newsletter. It’s 1988. Me and my homeboy—Schoolboy we called him—are sitting in a car in Las Vegas, drinking. A woman we know comes up to us. She has a …

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  Indiana Abolition Coalition

  

  EDITORIAL Death penalty panel's report hits the mark

  observer-reporter.com

  We’ve learned by watching our governments in action that if you really want to complete an evaluation of an issue in the longest amount of time …

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  Indiana Abolition Coalition

  

  Study: Tennessee Could Save $1.4 Million Annually Ending Death Penalty for Severe Mental Illness

  deathpenaltyinfo.org

  Tennessee could save an estimated $1.4–1.89 million per year by adopting a ban on capital punishment for defendants with severe mental illness, …