Mental Illness and the Death Penalty

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6 Mental Illness and the Death Penalty Cases

A man holding a sign that says "Death Penalty is Not Justice."
U.S. Supreme Court
Jul 2024

Mental Illness and the Death Penalty

Galloway v. Mississippi

In Galloway v. Mississippi, the Ƶrepresents a man on Mississippi’s death row whose trial attorneys relied on a mere twenty-two-page presentation in support of a life sentence, without first conducting the background investigation that would have enabled them to make informed decisions about what evidence to present. A constitutionally adequate investigation would have uncovered voluminous mitigating evidence that could have caused the jury to decide for life instead of death. The Mississippi Supreme Court rejected Mr. Galloway’s claim by speculating that trial counsel had an alternative “strategy” that precluded their doing a full presentation of the abuse he suffered as a child and his mental disabilities—even though Mr. Galloway’s lawyers asserted no such strategic judgment.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jul 2024
A man holding a sign that says "Death Penalty is Not Justice."

Mental Illness and the Death Penalty

Galloway v. Mississippi

In Galloway v. Mississippi, the Ƶrepresents a man on Mississippi’s death row whose trial attorneys relied on a mere twenty-two-page presentation in support of a life sentence, without first conducting the background investigation that would have enabled them to make informed decisions about what evidence to present. A constitutionally adequate investigation would have uncovered voluminous mitigating evidence that could have caused the jury to decide for life instead of death. The Mississippi Supreme Court rejected Mr. Galloway’s claim by speculating that trial counsel had an alternative “strategy” that precluded their doing a full presentation of the abuse he suffered as a child and his mental disabilities—even though Mr. Galloway’s lawyers asserted no such strategic judgment.
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Moore v. Texas
U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2017

Mental Illness and the Death Penalty

Moore v. Texas

Whether Texas is violating the Constitution by using a test to determine intellectual disability in death penalty cases that is inconsistent with both Supreme Court precedent and science.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2017
Moore v. Texas

Mental Illness and the Death Penalty

Moore v. Texas

Whether Texas is violating the Constitution by using a test to determine intellectual disability in death penalty cases that is inconsistent with both Supreme Court precedent and science.
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Texas v. Robert Ladd
Court Case
Jan 2015

Mental Illness and the Death Penalty

Texas v. Robert Ladd

The Ƶ represented Robert Ladd, an intellectually disabled man with an IQ of 67, who faced execution in Texas. The Ƶpetitioned the Supreme Court for a stay of Robert Ladd's execution and to review the initial decision of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Ladd was executed by the state of Texas at 7:02 pm CT on Thursday, January 29, 2015.
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Court Case
Jan 2015
Texas v. Robert Ladd

Mental Illness and the Death Penalty

Texas v. Robert Ladd

The Ƶ represented Robert Ladd, an intellectually disabled man with an IQ of 67, who faced execution in Texas. The Ƶpetitioned the Supreme Court for a stay of Robert Ladd's execution and to review the initial decision of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Ladd was executed by the state of Texas at 7:02 pm CT on Thursday, January 29, 2015.
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Kansas v. Cheever
U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2013

Mental Illness and the Death Penalty

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Kansas v. Cheever

Whether the Fifth Amendment imposes any limits on the state's ability to introduce evidence derived from a court-ordered psychiatric examination of the defendant by the state's expert.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2013
Kansas v. Cheever

Mental Illness and the Death Penalty

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Kansas v. Cheever

Whether the Fifth Amendment imposes any limits on the state's ability to introduce evidence derived from a court-ordered psychiatric examination of the defendant by the state's expert.
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