PROTECTING PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY FROM WRONGFUL EXECUTION: GUIDELINES FOR COMPETENT REPRESENTATION.

Autor: Johnson, Sheri Lynn, Blume, John H., Paavola, Emily, Vann, Lindsey S.
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Zdroj: Hofstra Law Review; Summer2018, Vol. 46 Issue 4, p1107-1159, 53p
Abstrakt: The article focuses on protecting people with intellectual disability from wrongful execution with reference to the court case Atkins v. Virginia. Topics include Atkins v. Virginia holds that a person with intellectual disability (ID) cannot be sentenced to death or executed, and the South Carolina Supreme Court stayed the proceedings while the U.S. Supreme Court resolved the issue.
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