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Mental Illness – 100 Executions

The following is a list of 100 people who have been executed in the USA since it resumed judicial killing in 1977. This list represents about 10 per cent of those put to death in the country during this period, and is for illustrative purposes only. It does not claim to be exhaustive – cases of others who have been executed have also raised serious questions relating to their mental health. "Volunteer" denotes a prisoner who gave up his or her appeals and "consented" to execution.
100 Executions of the Mentally Ill

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(Not everything in these videos represents the views of Amnesty International)

Testimonials from Ray Krone (sentenced to death in the U.S. for a crime he didn't commit) and Mpagi Edward Edmary (sentenced to death in Uganda for a crime that never happened)

Death Penalty Mistake (about Leonel Herrera, executed in Texas in 1993)

Executing the Insane: The Case of Scott Panetti

Insanity on Death Row - CBS 60 Minutes (about Gregory Thompson, a mentally ill prisoner facing execution in Tennessee)

Video Footage of Execution Facility in North Carolina

Interview with an Executioner (hear a Mississippi executioner's surprising views on the death penalty)


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