Mr. Singleton 's Murder Case

In Texas, a man with schizophrenia was executed (Kelsey Patterson) even after the Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended clemency after learning of his time spent in mental hospitals and his unintelligible rambling.

As we know today that Charles Laverne Singleton was executed by a lethal injection on January 6, 2004 for the murder of Mary Lou York (19 years old) while robbing Mary’s grocery store. According to the records available, Mr. Singleton was diagnosed with mental disorder such as schizophrenia/psychosis after he was arrested. In 1986, US Supreme Court made the decision that the execution of the insane is against the law and constitution under Ford vs. Wainwright. After wards Mr. Singleton was set up for multiple dates for execution, but the dates were appealed according to 1990 U.S. Supreme Court decision under Washington vs. Harper. So it made Mr. Singleton to be treated involuntarily to make him stable because he was danger to himself and others.

Charles Laverne Singleton was executed on January 6, 2004, killed at the Arkansas for the murder of 19-year-old Mary Lou York on June 1, 1979. Reports show that after his sentence and incarceration, Mr. Singleton enter into the unstable mental illness schizophrenia/psychosis. Although 1986 U.S. Supreme Court judgment, Ford vs. Wainwright gives that the killing of the crazy person is illegal, Mr. Singleton was executed twenty-four-and-a-half years after at the age of 44 for the punishable murder of Ms. York. Preceding his death, he had four previous execution dates, all of which were requested, mostly below 1990 U.S. Supreme Court conclusion Washington vs. Harper, which lets state authorities to give a prison inmate who has a harsh mental illness

In October 2003, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals was called upon to decide whether the State could execute a forcibly medicated prisoner in order to meet the competence requirements for proceeding with an execution. The ruling allowed Arkansas officials to force Charles Laverne Singleton, a schizophrenic prisoner convicted of murder, to take drugs that would render him sane enough to be executed by lethal injection. In 1990 the Supreme Court made a decision that was of great consequence to this case. In Washington v. Harper, the court permitted prison authorities to order forcible administration of antipsychotic drugs on the condition that three requirements were met. The requirements being that the prisoner must have a serious mental illness,

A Chicago man was charged with first-degree murder in his girlfriend's 12-year-old daughter after a series of brutal stabbing and beating.

In 1979 Charles Singleton was tried and executed by the state of Arkansas by lethal injection for the murder of a Caucasian nineteen year old woman, Mary Lou York. According to the state, Singleton was found guilty of stabbing the woman twice in the neck for befriending him. Once Singleton was convicted for murder he began taking psychotropic medication. Soon after, singleton mental state began to decline. In 1987 Singleton declared statements of witnessing demons in his cell.

Kevorkian was sentenced to 10-25 years in jail he was released from jail in 8 years because of good behavior. Many wonder if that was the right thing to do because he did kill so many people. A question arose in the interview on if he should stay in jail longer? Karen comments, “Personal opinion yes. He shoulda got life.” Karen believes he should have got life in jail because of his actions as a pathologist. Dr. Kevorkian was only convicted of the death of Thomas Youk and with his good behavior is what contributed to Dr. Kevorkian getting out of jail so early. Also, with him only being convicted of second degree murder instead of first murder he was able to have a shorter sentence. Karen’s view and opinion of Dr. Kevorkian stay consistent with all of her views on the actions of Dr.

The primary reason the execution of Charles Singleton is considered to be unethical is because it conflicts with the American Constitution. The 8th amendment states, “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted.” Part of the 8th amendment states that no cruel and unusual punishment should be inflicted; thus the execution of Charles Singleton is unjust. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, “the U.S. Supreme Court has said that it is unconstitutional and cruel to execute people who are insane” (n.d.). To force a person to take antipsychotic medication in order to make them sane enough to execute is wrong. It should be considered cruel and unusual to make Singleton

No, I do not feel that he deserved death penalty, but serving a year or two seems very minimal to serve for a murder, and I feel that would be just in a case like this. Even though I can understand why he did it, I still feel he deserves to serve some time because it was still a murder and it was not a self-defense case. Someone’s wrong actions, towards you or someone you love, does not make your wrong actions in return right. If you fight fire with fire, you just get burned. I feel hypocritical saying this because, as I stated before, I would have wanted the them killed as well if I was in a similar situation as his, although I do not feel I would be capable of killing someone, I would want to. Even though I would have wanted to, and if I did, I would want to serve at least a small sentence for ending two other

One of the many jobs of the jury in 1960s Kansas would include the deciding of the mental state of killers of mass murder trials choosing between insanity, sentencing the murderers to penitentiary, or sanity giving them death. Truman Capote’s novel In Cold Blood shows the withdrawal of sanity through the lives and relationships of Dick Hickock and Perry Smith, who hung for the murders of the Clutters, a prominent family from Holcomb, Kansas. By examining their lives, relationships, and personalities, it becomes easy to conclude that these two murderers were unrightfully cheated from the correct penalization because Kansas’ law prevented them from obtaining the correct treatment for the criminally insane. Dick and Perry did not deserve the death penalty.

Death penalty is given to those people whose punishment is execution carried out by the government. Capital punishment has been a controversial issue in American history. There are many conflicting issues as to when to say capital punishment is right or wrong. The execution of Charles Singleton, places a different aspect whether capital punishment was ethical or unethical in Singleton’s case. Serving his time in prison, Charles Singleton was diagnosed with schizophrenia and became a victim of insanity. The state of Arkansans was granted permission to execute Singleton by administering antipsychotic drugs to make him mentally stable enough to where he is no longer insane. By giving those medications, he was considered sane and the execution

The Stocking Strangler was the serial killer back in the late 1970s that struck fear within the residence in a certain neighborhood in Georgia. This serial killer targeted older women to satisfy his sexual desire and empowerment over women. Law enforcement had a person of interest that was almost at every crime scene that the serial killer has targeted; his name is Carlton Gary. Throughout the trial against Mr. Gary, the prosecution used evidence from past crimes to paint him in front of the court that he did without a doubt that he committed these acts against these women. He was convicted after all charges and was given the death sentence until about the last minute the state Supreme Court approved the defense’s motion to suspend Mr. Gary’s execution for the basis of DNA testing on the evidence. That motion has paved the way for Mr. Gary to get a re-trial for the charges he was convicted on.

This essay will discuss whether or not the court’s decision was valid, the elements of murder and ethical concerns with this case. Inchoate crimes arrange that individuals

In spite of more European countries ending the death penalty, the United States maintained the death penalty, but then put limits on capital punishment. The United States Supreme Court stated in Coker v. Georgia (433 U.S. 584) in 1977, that the death penalty was not a warranted sentence for the rape of a woman if she was not murdered. More limits to the death penalty were established in the years to come. One limitation was established with those who suffered from mental illness and intellectual disability in mind. The Supreme Court, in 1986, prohibited the execution of individuals deemed insane and necessitated an adversarial procedure for establishing the individuals mental competency The Supreme Court stated that executing individuals suffering

Every person has a right to live and avoid death row or execution no matter what wrong doing they did. Yes, people do some extremely atrocious things or unspeakable things. Nevertheless, things and case files on prisoners can be settled differently; whether if it’s therapy or rehab.