As Florida preps to execute veteran Kyle Bates and the state's fourth U.S. vet this year, more than 130 U.S. veterans in nearly every branch of service have requested for Gov. Ron DeSantis to end the stat
Had no idea of the high proportion of military veterans on Florida’s death row.
It seems like commuting the sentence to LWOP on medical grounds would be more sensible in such cases. A non-military person with CTE should be treated similarly.
Given the prevalence of CTE in military veterans it’s plausible that many of them are ending up on death row due to their service.
It seems like commuting the sentence to LWOP on medical grounds would be more sensible in such cases. A non-military person with CTE should be treated similarly.
I agree.
Also I suspect that would be nearly all inmates on death row if it was expanded to any brain injury.