Supreme Court blocks death sentence for murderer with dementia who can't remember crime

  • 📰 USATODAY
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 10 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 7%
  • Publisher: 63%

Health Health Headlines News

Health Health Latest News,Health Health Headlines

The 5-3 decision was a victory for Vernon Madison, 68, who suffers from vascular dementia as a result of physical and mental deterioration during 33 years in solitary confinement.

Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/27/supreme-court-scotus-blocks-execution-alabama-murderer-memory-loss-vascular-dementia/2501985002/.

Check out this story on USATODAY.com: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/27/supreme-court-scotus-blocks-execution-alabama-murderer-memory-loss-vascular-dementia/2501985002/
 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

Just put him out of his misery already.

Thank goodness!

The sentence should be carried out

cruel & unusual punishment usually not permitted

helenprejean one tiny successful step So sad he’s suffered Solitary is horrible horrible torture

Meanwhile, his victim, Julius Schulte, is still dead.

Why have we made it a practice to reward criminals and overlook victims. Because his health status changed DOES NOT mean the fact that he did the crime changed. Seriously what happened to enforcing the law?

It’s inhumane to sentence someone to death that does not remember their crimes. How can he assist in his own legal defense if new evidence was brought forward? At this point a state senior home is where he should be sent to.

A change in health status should not change the sentencing-there was a time, place, and reason this man got what he got...legally and logistically

Where was the Supreme Court when he took this man’s life What about justice for him

Depends for what you were convicted for. if he murdered someone, I dont care and there is no sympathy.

Dietitian advice. There are things you need to have in your diet. Seaweeds( iodine) , garlic, turmeric, nutmeg..... you need them. Cannabis.

Thirty-three years of solitary confinement is an atrocity.

What about infanticide? Save the old denentia, kill the newborn innocent. Wow!

Victory? They want him to pay for his crimes in the most horrific way possible. Being mentally ill in a penitentiary. It is simply inhumane.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 100. in HEALTH

Health Health Latest News, Health Health Headlines