Foreword
Vernon Madison is 66 years old and has been on death row for half his life. A series of recent strokes have rendered him blind, unable to walk, and incontinent. He suffers from vascular dementia and says he is unable to recall the day in 1985 when he murdered police officer Julius Schulte in Mobile, Alabama, and attempted to kill his girlfriend — the crime for which he was sentenced. Madison’s lawyers have contended that his condition should render him ineligible for execution. Alabama still wants to carry out his sentence. In January 2018, 30 minutes before Madison was scheduled…
