before you dismiss something like what i lay out below consider the seriousness of mental illness, especially when it goes undiagnosed and untreated, and that specifically there are many types and gradations of depression...i struggle with both dysthymia and seasonal affective disorder and do not have access to any affordable health care...daryl holton was convicted in 1997 of murdering his four children, aged 4-12...at the trial, an expert for the prosecution even agreed that severe depression can "affect one's judgment and thought processes" and cause delusions...since then, holton has pursued what he has called a strategy of "consistent, calculated, deliberate, and selective procedural default rather than one of wholesale waiver of appeals."...but, however he may describe it, dearyl holton is "volunteering" for his execution...despite suffering from a major depressive disorder, courts in tennessee have ruled that daryl holton is competent to waive his appeals and "volunteer" for his execution...
since the united states resumed executions in 1977, 128 "volunteers" have been executed - such cases are often referred to as prisoner-assisted homicide, or state-assisted suicide...but consider this - a decision taken by someone on death row to end his or her life through execution can never be consensual...moreover, it cannot disguise the fact that the state is involved in a premeditated killing, a human rights violation that is a symptom of a culture of violence, not a solution to violent crime.
peace out <3
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