Death rows across the country are filled with people suffering from severe forms of mental illness. Taking action in an area where the U.S. Supreme Court has not ventured, some states are now enacting or considering laws that would exclude those prisoners from capital punishment.
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In dissent, the three liberal justices said a Black inmate had not received a fair trial when he was convicted by jurors who had expressed opposition to interracial marriage.