In this case, Mr. Gore's presidential ambitions have become enmeshed in the history of hard feelings between Judge Sauls, a Democrat and a law-and-order conservative, and the Florida Supreme Court, which in 1997 overturned one of his death sentences, citing the 19-year-old defendant's low I.Q., history of mental illness and abusive childhood.
Jurors often feel betrayed in cases when they later learn that a defense lawyer's ineffectiveness meant they did not hear compelling evidence about a defendant's mental illness or abusive childhood.
Sharing his struggles with mental illness and an abusive family, I'd curled up inside myself and lost my voice years ago from hot-headed insults and cold neglect.
Helen Yglesias, whose novels examined women's lives in an array of settings and situations — small towns, radical urban politics, abusive relationships, illness and old age — died on March 28 in Manhattan.
Unless there is a radical reason for an adult child to return home, such as severe illness or a dangerous, abusive relationship, you should think very carefully about how it will impact your life and weigh all options before agreeing.
The victim of an abusive childhood, mental illness and a social safety net with more than one hole, he has several disabling health conditions, a prison record and the ravaged face of a man twice his age.
Campaigners expressed concern that abusive language about mental illness or homosexuality should not be used casually.
She too was a difficult case, deeply admired for her valiant response to her illness, but to campaign insiders "an abusive, intrusive, paranoid, condescending crazy woman".
His untreated mental illness made him physically and emotionally abusive to both her and their child.
His mom, he said, was "abusive" and suffered from mental illness.
