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In addition, the US Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment was unconstitutional for convicted people who are mentally disabled. A group of supporters formed the non-profit Friends of Joe Arridy and worked to bring new recognition to the injustice of his case, in addition to commissioning a tombstone for his grave in 2007.
Mentally disabled woman who was tortured and stabbed to death by "The Greensburg Six" Jennifer Lee Daugherty (November 8, 1979 – February 11, 2010) was an American woman from Greensburg , Pennsylvania , who was killed by her supposed friends, in an act of revenge, in February 2010.
As of 2017, Jessica Lynas was being held at HM Prison Foston Hall. [7] The torture and murder of Hayter, who was disabled and had a suspected learning disability, bears a resemblance to the case of Jennifer Daugherty, a disabled American woman who was tortured and murdered in a similar manner in Greensburg, Pennsylvania in February 2010. Whilst ...
Paul Ferguson, 21, pleaded guilty in December to first-degree child abuse in the death of 15-year-old Timothy Ferguson. He was sentenced Monday to a minimum 30 years and maximum 100 years in prison.
The FBI is looking into the death of an intellectually disabled inmate at a Virginia prison who's been identified as “a possible victim of a crime,” the agency said in a document reviewed ...
Harold W. Meade was an American murderer and suspected serial killer who bludgeoned three mentally disabled individuals to death on August 12, 1970, in New Haven, Connecticut. He was later arrested in December of the same year, and pleaded guilty to the murders in 1972.
Lacey Spears, who was later diagnosed with Munchausen syndrome by proxy, was born and raised in Decatur, Alabama.Lonely as a single mother and desperate for attention, Lacey constantly posted on social media about her son's health struggles, even going so far as to start a blog devoted to chronicling her search for a cure for whatever illnesses plagued him.
Toby Dorr, formerly Toby Young, infamously helped John Manard break out of a Kansas prison in 2006. In a personal essay for TODAY, she shares more about her own journey to freedom.