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16 Aug 2012, 8:37 am
Inmates are also on death row because their IQ happened to be assessed using old tests (see "Death by IQ: US inmates condemned by flawed tests"). [read post]
9 Aug 2012, 10:26 am
” On Tuesday the state of Texas decided for the tenth time to exercise the discretion allowed by the Atkins v Virginia ruling to examine claims of mental impairment to determine for itself a death row inmate’s degree of capacity, and it executed Marvin Wilson. [read post]
9 Aug 2012, 10:00 am
Wilson 912 F.Supp. 1282 (E.D. [read post]
9 Aug 2012, 9:29 am
And: Wilson’s execution is an example of what has happened—and could continue to happen—to mentally disabled death row inmates in the Texas justice system —unless state lawmakers finally pass legislation instructing the court to use a science-based definition of mental retardation. [read post]
9 Aug 2012, 9:17 am
Kovarsky argued that Texas was trying to skirt the ban by altering the generally accepted definitions of mental impairment to the point where gaining relief for an inmate is "virtually unobtainable. [read post]
8 Aug 2012, 9:33 am
"Texas executes 'mentally impaired' inmate," by Al Jazeera. [read post]
8 Aug 2012, 6:09 am
Yesterday the Court denied an application by Texas death row inmate Marvin Wilson to stay his execution on the ground that he was mentally impaired; Wilson was executed a few hours later. [read post]
8 Aug 2012, 2:59 am
"The number of inmates who have displayed symptoms is at 357, which is about what it was yesterday afternoon," Shea Wilson, spokesman for the Arkansas Department of Corrections said. [read post]
7 Aug 2012, 4:21 pm
Update: RIP Marvin Wilson. [read post]
7 Aug 2012, 3:12 pm
The breaking news AP report is, "US Supreme Court Allows Execution of Texas Inmate. [read post]
7 Aug 2012, 10:42 am
The AP story begins:A Texas death row inmate scheduled to die later Tuesday for the killing of a police informant 20 years ago is hoping the U.S. [read post]
7 Aug 2012, 9:01 am
” The San Antonio Express-News also has coverage Briefly: In her column for the Houston Chronicle, Lisa Falkenberg discusses the scheduled execution of Marvin Wilson, a Texas death row inmate with an IQ of sixty-one (which Marissa covered in yesterday’s round-up), arguing that “once again we need the nation’s highest court to save us from ourselves. [read post]
7 Aug 2012, 8:16 am
"Marvin Wilson, death row inmate diagnosed as 'mentally retarded,' to be executed," at Global Post. [read post]
6 Aug 2012, 10:58 am
"Texas set to execute death row inmate diagnosed as 'mentally retarded'," by Ed Pilkington for the Guardian. [read post]
6 Aug 2012, 6:08 am
The editorial board of The New York Times urges the Court to intervene in the scheduled execution of Marvin Wilson, a Texas death row inmate with an IQ of sixty-one. [read post]
4 Aug 2012, 9:18 am
Marvin Wilson was always slow. [read post]
3 Aug 2012, 9:14 am
” Before the Atkins ruling, Texas executed more inmates diagnosed with “mental retardation” than any other state. [read post]
2 Aug 2012, 4:27 pm
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, to apply its own standards in determining whether a death row inmate is mentally disabled. [read post]
2 Aug 2012, 9:04 am
"Aug. 7 execution date set for inmate who claims mental retardation," is by Jordan Smith for the Austin Chronicle. [read post]
1 Aug 2012, 9:06 am
The inmate, Marvin Lee Wilson, has "made a prima facie showing of mental retardation," a unanimous three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit wrote in an unsigned decision on Tuesday, meaning the court presumed Mr. [read post]
