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| Court halts execution of Alabama cop killer suffering from dementia |
| 2018-01-26 |
| ATMORE, Ala. (AP) ‐ The U.S. Supreme Court has halted the execution of an Alabama inmate whose attorneys argue that dementia has left the 67-year-old unable to remember killing a police officer three decades ago. Justices issued a stay Thursday night, the same evening that Vernon Madison was scheduled to receive a lethal injection at a southwest Alabama prison. The court delayed the execution to consider whether to further review the case. Madison was sentenced to death for the 1985 killing of Mobile police Officer Julius Schulte, who had responded to a call about a missing child made by Madison’s then-girlfriend. Prosecutors have said that Madison crept up and shot Schulte in the back of the head as he sat in his police car. Madison’s attorneys argued that strokes and dementia have left Madison unable to remember killing Schulte or fully understand his looming execution. The Supreme Court has previously ruled that condemned inmates must have a "rational understanding" that they are about to be executed and why. 'Justice delayed is justice denied' ~ William Gladstone |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #11 Yep. Should have been executed 30 years ago after all of his rightful due process. At this point I think dementia will serve as proper retribution. I say keep him alive and let him suffer the fresh hell that comes with a fading identity and a wasting body |
| Posted by: Lowspark 2018-01-26 19:33 |
| #10 I bet if they let him out of jail he will remember how to get into trouble. |
| Posted by: airandee 2018-01-26 19:22 |
| #9 By my calculations he's already in to us for some 36,135 prison meals and over 13,000 nights of lodging. Time for his planetary eviction. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-01-26 15:47 |
| #8 He says he can't remember Fine. If he's that bad, I say they should check him into a hospital and hook him up to an IV filled with whatever under the pretense that he's ill. He'll never suspect it, he'll never know what hit him. No apprehension, no nothing. Just gone like he should be. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-01-26 15:37 |
| #7 condemned inmates must have a "rational understanding", etc. WHY? |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-01-26 13:14 |
| #6 Just because I don't remember where I left my pants doesn't mean they aren't mine. He did it. He owns. it. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2018-01-26 11:59 |
| #5 Ignorance of the law is no excuse. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2018-01-26 10:54 |
| #4 Should have killed him three decades ago. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-01-26 09:14 |
| #3 The judicial system is responsible for dragging this out this long. Now it uses the consequence of its outright interference in real justice to justify further interference. Someone forgot the responsibility that came along with the power invested in the office. unable to remember - the new defense for shadow government agents who decided to overthrow the Constitution and install their leaders. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-01-26 08:12 |
| #2 He says he can't remember |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-01-26 06:59 |
| #1 A great many good people remember. He likely won't remember being executed either. What's the downside, oh wait ! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-01-26 02:39 |