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

Index Number: AMR 51/047/2004
Date Published: 18 March 2004
Categories: Americas, USA

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.