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MADISON v. ALABAMA

No. 17-7505.

139 S.Ct. 718 (2019)

Vernon MADISON, Petitioner v. ALABAMA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 27, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan A. Stevenson , Montgomery, AL, for Petitioner.

Thomas R. Govan, Jr. , Montgomery, AL, for Respondent.

Bryan A. Stevenson , Angela L. Setzer , Randall S. Susskind , Equal Justice Initiative, Montgomery, AL, for Petitioner.

Steve Marshall , Alabama Attorney General, Clay Crenshaw , Chief Deputy Attorney General, Eric Palmer Assistant Solicitor General, James R. Houts , Deputy Attorney General, Office of the Alabama, Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, for Respondent.

The Eighth Amendment, this Court has held, prohibits the execution of a prisoner whose mental illness prevents him from "rational[ly] understanding" why the State seeks to impose that punishment. Panetti v. Quarterman, 551 U.S. 930, 959, 127...

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