Mental Illness
The ACLU Capital Punishment Project is committed to challenging the application of the death penalty to the seriously mentally ill. Application of the death penalty to individuals suffering from serious mental illnesses does not comport with contemporary standards of decency and accordingly, violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
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