WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court temporarily blocked the execution of convicted cop-killer Vernon Madison, whose brain injuries prevent him from remembering the murder, because it was unclear from the record if a lower court considered whether or not his dementia was severe enough to prevent him from understanding why he had been sentenced to death.
Madison, 68, killed Mobile, Alabama, police detective Julius Schulte in 1985 while the officer was mediating a domestic dispute. Madison had multiple debilitating strokes in prison in recent years and is now, among other maladies, blind, lame, and mute, according to his attorney.
