Death rows across the country are filled with people suffering from severe forms of mental illness. Taking action in an area where the U.S. Supreme Court has not ventured, some states are now enacting or considering laws that would exclude those prisoners from capital punishment.
Texas death row inmate Andre Thomas, who killed his estranged wife and two children in 2004 and later gouged out his eyes and ate one, had his execution date delayed.
Texas death row inmate Andre Thomas, who killed his estranged wife and two children in 2004 and later gouged out his eyes and ate one, had his execution date delayed.
HOUSTON (AP) Next month’s scheduled execution of a Texas death row inmate, whose attorneys say gouged out both of his eyes each a separate incident because of severe mental illness, was delayed by a judge on Tuesday.