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Competency to Be Executed: Supreme Court Review  


Author:  Fred Cohen.


Source: Volume 08, Number 06, March/April 2007 , pp.88-89(2)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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Abstract: 

The Supreme Court reviews Panetti v. Dretke, to clarify the standard for determining when a condemned inmate’s mental illness is so severe as to establish incompetency to be executed.

Keywords: Panetti v. Dretke, 48 F.3d 815, Ford v. Wainwright 477 U.S. 399, Jones v. United States, 463 U.S. 354

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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