The Death Row Prisoners Suffering From Severe Mental Illness

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Published 2024-03-26
VICE News looks at high rates of severe mental illness among America's death row prisoners. Are we executing the "worst of the worst," or some of the country’s most vulnerable?

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All Comments (21)
  • @_t1_
    Their victims are suffering from permanent death.
  • @hasky9813
    Even if someone is mentally ill, if it causes them to brutally kill people, that person should never be released.
  • @rabim106
    The gaslighting by the criminals is crazy like they the victims
  • @sureiamboo
    No excuse to drown a child , attempted to murder two more , brutal murdering their mother. He remembers all that, I expected otherwise..Damn he should never be released! RIP victims 🕊️🕊️
  • @Glitch-Gremlin
    That Jury who kept that Monster from Walking in the Daylight again were HEROES.
  • @lotus6314
    As someone who has a mother with schizophrenia it’s all about the medication and support they have around them. It truly makes such a big difference. When my mom was locked away it was very sad hearing the stories of people’s families who basically had given up on them. It’s like walking by a rabid animal and not even acknowledging it just letting it suffer.
  • @BeatFuZion
    Playing victim when you the perpetrator is crazy
  • @kingnugi3601
    So he’s mentally ill, but he tried to leave no witnesses? Got it !
  • @cawleene
    Just started this and it already feels very inmate friendly. If you've ever been in a prison and seen the kinds of people locked up, you would absolutely know that they're in the right place. Mental illness is not an excuse for murdering anyone.
  • I don’t like that the protester used the words “legally lynched” when thousands INNOCENT Black Americans and Native Americans were murdered by lynch mobs. I don’t think the word lynched should be used in that way.
  • I suffer from severe mental illness. I've lost touch with reality, heard voices, experienced hallucinations... there's no excuse for murdering innocent victims. You want to SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE this? MAKE MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION MANDATORY IN K-12 ED. Make access to EFFECTIVE mental health resources available to ALL. And if you see something/hear something that your gut says, "Whoa, that's OFF..." SAY SOMETHING.
  • @H-youtube7
    G Green was given antipsychotics, allowed to leave within 4 days and couldn't afford to continue the prescription and committed his crimes within a month, also after being told he was being divorced. That probably made him more dangerous.
  • The lady who did the interviews did such a good job. She's very kind, compassionate, & professional.
  • @BradAndLex
    Her son is brave for speaking on camera about it
  • @HabballSeph
    Bro ripped out both his eyes. Now that’s crazy af. AND ATE ONE OF THEM👀😨
  • @serenesrn3827
    This man who drowned his step daughter I have heard the interview of one of the children he was trying to kill .The murderer was saying to the boys he tried to kill " your mother cheated on me ,Why should I let you live ."
  • @BoujeeGrapes
    I live in Dallas and remember the case involving Gary Green. He deserves his death sentence in every since of the word. What he did was the most horrific thing imaginable.