U.S. Supreme Court halts execution of Alabama man for 1985 murder

Vernon Madison, 67, has spent more than three decades on death row for killing Mobile police officer Julius Schulte. In the appeal this week, Madison's lawyers said he is not competent to be executed because he is legally blind, cannot walk without assistance and is unable to recall the murder or understand his punishment. "His mind and body are failing,” lawyers wrote in the petition.

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