The Rule of Law Does Not Apply to Executions in the U.S.A.

It should come as no surprise that the state of Georgia is eager to kill Warren Hill, even though he is mentally retarded and therefore legally not competent to be executed.

I have witnessed two executionsin Arizona. In 1999, Michael Poland’s attorneys argued that he was not competent to be executed because he was mentally ill. The state’s own psychiatrist, Barry Morenz, testified that he was not faking it, and indeed was trying to fake sanity. Judge James E. Don had him killed any...