'Meaningful' Prohibition: Mental Disability in Georgia Capital Cases
JURIST Guest Columnist Laura Kagel of the University of Georgia School of Law says that the case of Warren Lee Hill, Jr. highlights that when the justice system allows the option of taking a person's life, as in Georgia, it...
The Supreme Court of Georgia on Monday unanimously granted a stay of execution for death row inmate Warren Lee Hill 90 minutes before he was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection ....
Impossible Proof: Intellectual Disabilities and the Death Penalty
JURIST Guest Columnist Terrica Ganzy, Staff Attorney for the Southern Center for Human Rights, argues Warren Hill was improperly sentenced to death and that Georgia should adopt a "preponderance of evidence" standard for mentally disabled claims in capital offense cases...Ten...
Georgia court declines to halt execution of mentally disabled death row inmate
The Butts County Superior Court on Thursday denied requests to halt the execution of Georgia death row inmate Warren Hill. Hill was convicted of two counts of murder but argues he should not be executed because he is mentally...
UN rights expert urges halt to US executions of mentally disabled individuals
UN Special Rapporteur on arbitrary executions Christof Heyns on Tuesday urged the US not to execute two individuals with "psychosocial disabilities" who are set to be put to death in Georgia and Texas. Warren Hill...
Georgia rejects clemency for death row inmate who claims mental disability
The Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles on Monday rejected a clemency bid by death row inmate Warren Hill who was convicted of two counts of murder but argues he should not be executed...
JURIST Guest Columnist Sherrilyn Ifill of the University of Maryland School of Law says that on the third day of Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Samuel Alito his student membership in a conservative Princeton organization took center stage as...
