
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis revokes execution warrant for William Lee Thompson due to suspicion of severe dementia
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William Lee Thompson has been in prison since 1976 for the murder of Sally Ivester in Miami and has been on death row since 1989.
In the United States, the execution of a murderer who spent 37 years on death row was unexpectedly canceled. The New York Post writes about this.
William Lee Thompson, 74, has been in prison since 1976 for the murder of 23-year-old Sally Ivester in Miami. Then Thompson and Rocco James Surace met the girl, took her to a motel, raped her, tortured her for several hours and demanded money. As a result, Iverster died from his injuries. The girl was so mutilated that police officers called the crime the most brutal in the history of the district.
Surace received 200 years in prison. Thompson was sentenced to death. The verdict was overturned several times and confirmed again. The killer had been on death row since 1989. In 1993, the verdict was finally approved. On September 11, Governor Ron DeSantis set the execution date for October 13. However, on October 8 he withdrew the order without giving any reasons. Thompson was spared amid concerns about his mental state. Doctors at the prison hospital suspected he had severe dementia.
According to the neuropsychologist who examined Thompson, he does not understand what is happening to him and what he did 50 years ago. Desantis ordered the creation of a commission of psychiatrists, which will make an official conclusion about the mental state of the killer.
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Establishment of a commission of psychiatrists to provide an official report on Thompson's condition
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