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Perry was then sent to the locked section of the facility for four months. He did not meet the requirements for the mental health treatment provided at the facility. [2] Perry's adoptive parents eventually sent him to a private residential treatment program in Mexico which housed many other American youths with behavioral problems. Perry ...
Permitted comparison of mitigating and aggravating factors to decide death penalty decisions. [3] See also Furman v. Georgia (1972), and Gregg v. Georgia (1976) 1st 1986 Ford v. Wainwright: Preventing the execution [capital punishment] of the insane, requiring an evaluation of competency and an evidentiary hearing 8th 1989 Penry v. Lynaugh
Joseph Edward Corcoran (April 18, 1975 – December 18, 2024) was an American convicted mass murderer who was executed for a quadruple murder case in Indiana. Corcoran was found guilty of the 1997 murders of his brother, his sister's fiancé, and two of their friends at his house in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and he was sentenced to death in 1999.
Robin Waddell, 60, was killed in 2021 when police say a man fleeing from police kidnapped and shot her. Jerry Elders was convicted of capital murder and could face the death penalty.
The Marshall Project reports on the evolving perception and status of the right for death penalty defendants to present mitigating evidence that could sway a jury.
The Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 (MHSA) was legislation signed by American President Jimmy Carter which provided grants to community mental health centers. In 1981 President Ronald Reagan, who had made major efforts during his governorship to reduce funding and enlistment for California mental institutions, pushed a political effort through the Democratically controlled House of ...
The Court also found that the death penalty "comports with the basic concept of human dignity at the core of the [Eighth] Amendment". The death penalty serves two principal social purposes—retribution and deterrence. "In part, capital punishment is an expression of society's moral outrage at particularly offensive conduct".
For parent Tedeisha Walker, death is not a new concept for her family. She had a family member die in a fire. Her 8-year-old nephew, DeShan Fultz, who attends Madison STEAM Elementary, was really ...