Tag Archive for: competency to be executed

Supreme Court to Review Questions About Competency to Be Executed – Equal Justice Initiative
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision to review the case of Vernon Madison, on whether he is competent to be executed due to his lack of rational understanding of the crime for which he was convicted. Read more.

Amicus: The Myth of the Neutral Expert – Slate
In this episode of Slate's Amicus, Stephen Bright of the Southern Center for Human Rights discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's pending decision in McWilliams v. Dunn regarding whether an indigent defendant whose mental health was a significant…