STOLEN LIVES

Martin Tankleff

Martin Tankleff was a teenager from New York who was wrongfully convicted in 1990 for the murders of his parents, Seymour and Arlene Tankleff, in

Marvin Scott

Marvin Scott was a 26 year-old African American suffering from Schizophrenia. Marvin uses marijuana as a medication for his condition. At an outlet mall in

Matthew Ajibade

Matthew Ajibade was a 21-year-old college student who died in January 2015 while in custody at the Chatham County Jail in Savannah, Georgia. He had

Maurice Gordon

Maurice Gordon, 28, was a Black man reportedly experiencing a mental health crisis when he was shot and killed by a New Jersey state trooper

Mauris DeSilva

DeSilva, 46, had severe mental illness and was holding a knife to his neck when people in the building called 911. After taking an elevator

Medical Incarceration: Too mentally ill for trial yet not enough beds to house her

A recent investigation found that people in Illinois who are deemed too mentally ill to stand trial are often left waiting for months in county

Melissa Abbott

Melissa Abbott was a 25-year-old woman with a developmental disability, living in Lake Hallie, Wisconsin, at the Northern Wisconsin Center for the Developmentally Disabled. During

Melissa Lucio

Melissa Lucio is a woman from Texas who was convicted in 2008 for the death of her two-year-old daughter and sentenced to death. Her case

Melissa Perez

On June 23rd, police were sent out Ms. Perez, who had schizophrenia, place of residence. According to an affidavit, the men found a woman trying

Michael Eugene Pierce

(Vancouver, Canada) Pierce was 29-years old and was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. On Feb. 28th, he had stopped taking his medication. Later that day he