USA: Another Texas injustice: The case of Kelsey Patterson, mentally ill man facing execution

Index AI : AMR 51/047/2004
Date de publication : 18 mars 2004
Catégorie(s) : Amériques, États-Unis

This report examines the case of Kelsey Patterson, a sufferer of paranoid schizophrenia, who has been sentenced to death in the state of Texas. It discusses his illness and the flawed legal process that led to his death sentence.