MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'capital punishment'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:08:19 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4862503&cid=t_100319_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FuZCuZ559vDU%2F By Ilya ShapiroThe representation of prisoners accused of capital crimes is unique in its difficulty — and in the consequences — when that representation is inadequate. Maples v. Thomas, which will be argued before the Supreme Court this fall, exposes some of the serious cracks in the system charged with representing indigent defendants in such cases.    Cato takes no position on the merits of the death penalty other than that the Constitution does not prohibit it and that our justice system is responsible for, at the very least, ensuring that prisoners receive fair notice of orders on which their lives depend.  Both the courts and counsel failed Cory Maples here.  Maples was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for killing two companions.  After a ser... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4862503 Wed, 25 May 2011 20:38:35 +0100 4862503 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4460185&cid=t_100319_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FcHs7oSEPblk%2F Good morning, everyone, and nice to see you again. Yet another deep freeze has descended on the Pharmalot corporate campus, but we manage to keep warm with our mandatory cup of stimulation and stimulating news. On that note, we offer you a smattering of tidbits to get you started. We hope your day goes well and your goals are accomplished. Have a good one… Novartis Moves To Prevent Execution Drug From Reaching US (Reuters) Botox Use For Migraines Is Questioned (BBC News) Novartis And Pfizer Drugs Boost Lung Function In COPD Patients (Reuters) Medical Device Makers Shun The US (New York Times) J&J Negotiates Hip Replacements With Lawyers (Bloomberg News) Black Rock To Provide Data Merck Wants For Vytorin Defense (Dow Jones) Shire Pharma Earnings Match Expectations (Reuters) IFPMA... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4460185 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:09:18 +0100 4460185 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4436939&cid=t_100319_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FsCHNSKX3aBI%2F The ongoing shortage of a drug used for prison executions has now ensnared the FDA. Six inmates on death row in prisons in Arizona, California and Tennesse yesterday filed a lawsuit claiming the agency violated federal law by allowing the states to import thiopental sodium, even though there was no official review for safety and effectiveness. In other words, there are no approved suppliers. The shortage began when Hospira stopped making thiopental in 2009, prompting prisons to seek alternates. Last month, the FDA decided to permit imports, but declined to vouch for the meds, even though one recent execution may have involved an expired import (back story). “Reviewing substances imported or used for the purpose of state-authorized lethal injection clearly falls outside of FDA’s exp... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4436939 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 23:53:10 +0100 4436939 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3370392&cid=t_100319_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F5gBFWWzUHUY%2F By David RittgersRadley Balko will be moderating a panel at Georgetown Law next week, “Bad Science: The Execution of Cameron Todd Willingham and the Case for Forensic Reform.” Radley will be leading a discussion about the case of Willingham, who was executed by the state of Texas in 2004. Willingham was convicted in 1992 of murdering his three young daughters in a house fire that the state determined was arson. A report issued in 2009 claimed that in convicting Willingham, the state used techniques and assumptions that were no longer recognized as scientifically valid and that the original finding of arson could not be sustained. If you can’t attend in person, a webcast will be available. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3370392 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:06:22 +0100 3370392 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3075475&cid=t_100319_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_BaInbbZYyM%2F By David BoazIn a report on Attorney General Eric Holder’s approach to seeking the death penalty, NPR reports: A few months after Holder made that statement, he authorized a capital prosecution in Vermont, a state that does not have the death penalty. When Ashcroft brought a federal death penalty case in Vermont seven years ago, the mayor of Burlington called it “an affront to states’ rights” and “not consistent with the values of a majority of Vermonters.” But this time, there was hardly any outcry. So the former antiwar movement doesn’t complain about President Obama’s expansion of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And opponents of capital punishment don’t protest the Obama administration’s seeking the death penalty in liberal... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3075475 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:05:12 +0100 3075475 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2871869&cid=t_100319_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iqscorner.com%2F2009%2F10%2Fiq-profile-variability-and-mr-dx-life.html Readers of IQs Corner will likely find the guest post, by Dr. Dale Watson, a clinical forensic neuropsychologist, regarding the intelligence test interpretation issues in a recent Atkins IQ MR death penalty decision of interest. It can be viewed at IQs Corner sister blog - Intellectual Competence and the Death PenaltyTechnorati Tags: psychology, forensic psychology, criminal psychology, school psychology, educational psychology, MR, mental retardation, Atkins cases, death penalty, capital punishment, IQ, IQ tests, intelligence, general intelligence (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner)) Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2871869 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:17:00 +0100 2871869 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2834345&cid=t_100319_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iqscorner.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fdid-us-5th-circuit-court-of-appeals-use.html Very interesting (puzzling) death penalty case decided on creative averaging of three IQ scores spanning decades.  Check it at sister blog.Technorati Tags: psychology, forensic psychology, neuropsychology, criminal justice, criminal psychology, IQ, IQ tests, IQ scores, Atkins case, MR, mental retardation, death penalty, capital punishment (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner)) Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2834345 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:54:00 +0100 2834345 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2832286&cid=t_100319_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iqscorner.com%2F2009%2F09%2Ffyi-court-computes-average-iq-score.html I've been contacted by an individual in the legal profession re: a very recent Circuit Court of Appeals (I'm not designating which district at this time) Atkins ruling where the court reconciled three different IQ test scores, one being a group IQ score from first grade, the other the WAIS-R as an adult in the early 1990s, and the last a WAIS-III in mid 2000, by taking the arithmetic average of the three.  Granted, the three scores were very similar....but no measurement person I know would support the notion of taking the average of three different IQ test scores across decades (one being a group test when the individual was in first grade) to come up with an IQ estimate upon which to base a decision regarding life-or-death.  I'm stunned....but am becoming less shocked at the lack of ps... Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2832286 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:00:00 +0100 2832286 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2796606&cid=t_100319_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iqscorner.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fcontroversy-re-use-of-mexican-wais-iii.html See post at sister blog Intellectual Competence and the Death Penalty.Technorati Tags: psychology, school psychology, educational psychology, neuropsychology, developmental psychology, forensic psychology, MR, Atkins cases, SCOTUS, WAIS-III, Mexican WAIS-III, IQ tests, IQ scores, test norms, psychometrics (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner)) Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2796606 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:09:00 +0100 2796606 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2796611&cid=t_100319_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iqscorner.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fiq-tests-scores-and-mr-death-penalty.html April 2009 US District Court ruling demonstrates courts thinking regarding dueling expert opinions re: use of IQ tests, Flynn Effect and adaptive behavior in MR death penalty case (Atkin's cases).  Check it out at Intellectual Competence and the Death Penalty blog.Technorati Tags: psychology, educational psychology, school psychology, neuropsychology, forensic psychology, clinical psychology, intelligence, cognition, IQ, IQ tests, IQ scores, MR, mental retardation, intellectual disability, AAIDD, AAMR, Atkins cases, SCOTUS (Source: Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner)) Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2796611 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:37:00 +0100 2796611 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2737878&cid=t_100319_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fintelligencetesting.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fnew-iq-mr-and-death-penalty-blog.html IQ, MR and the death penalty.Today I'm announcing a new blog projected related to the "life-and-death" (literally) issues surrounding Atkins cases...court cases dealing with the topic of mental retardation and the death penalty.  The blog has a specific focus on the intellectual competence (IQ) issues and research surrounding Atkin's cases.Additional information can be found at Intellectual Competence and the Death Penalty blog.  The announcement statement can be viewed here.Technorati Tags: psychology, educational psychology, school psychology, forensice psychology, criminal psychology, neuropsychology, developmental psychology, clinical psychology, Atkins cases, MR, mental retardation, IQ, IQ tests, IQ scores, death penalty, capital punishment, SCOTUS, intellectual competence (Source: ... Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2737878 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:36:00 +0100 2737878 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2353864&cid=t_100319_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F04%2F22%2Fmood-and-moral-judgment-abstract%2F We recently encountered an interesting paper by Jeremy A. Blumenthal, “Does Mood Influence Moral Judgment?: An Empirical Test with Legal and Policy Implications” (29 Law and Psychology Review (2005)) on SSRN.   Here’s the abstract. * * * Despite recurring interest in the potential for affect to influence “rational” reasoning, in particular the effect of emotion on moral judgments, legal scholars and social scientists have conducted far less empirical research directly testing such questions than might be expected. Nevertheless, the extent to which affect can influence moral decisions is an important question for the law. Watching a certain sort of movie, for instance, can significantly influence responses to opinion polls conducted shortly after that movie. ... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2353864 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 04:01:59 +0100 2353864 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1730805&cid=t_100319_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F08%2F24%2Fthe-situation-of-punishment%2F Mary R. Rose and Janice Nadler have a nice paper, “Victim Impact Testimony and the Psychology of Punishment” available for downloading on SSRN. Here’s the abstract. * * * A growing body of empirical evidence from psychology, sociology, law, and criminal justice has demonstrated that lay intuitions about punishment are strongly rooted in retributivism: i.e., the idea that punishment should be distributed in proportion to moral desert. Level of harm is often thought to be indicative of desert, but harm described by victims (or survivors) in the context of victim impact evidence is subjective and often unforeseeable insofar as it is attributable to chance factors. How do observers (such as jurors or judges) use information about consequences determined by chance factors whe... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1730805 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:12:51 +0100 1730805 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1543417&cid=t_100319_140_f&fid=35448&url=http%3A%2F%2Fseemedlikeagoodideathetime.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F06%2F25%2Fyes-virginia-there-is-a-real-boogeyman%2F I’m spittin’ mad. This is bullshit…. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a law that allows the execution of people convicted of a raping a child. In a 5-4 vote, the court said the Louisiana law allowing the death penalty to be imposed in such cases violates the Constitution’s ban [...] (Source: bipolar chicks blogging) bipolar chicks blogging blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1543417 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:11:51 +0100 1543417 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1466336&cid=t_100319_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F05%2F23%2Fthe-situation-of-capital-punishment-abstract%2F This article presents the results of an empirical study of intentional homicide cases in Missouri. The authors created a database of 1046 cases; it includes substantially all of the homicide cases prosecuted in Missouri over a five year period that were initially charged as murder or voluntary manslaughter and that yielded criminal convictions. The authors selected 247 cases from the larger database for more detailed analysis. We analyzed geographic and racial disparities in the rates at which: prosecutors charge first-degree murder versus lesser charges; prosecutors seek the death penalty, not lesser punishments; defendants are convicted of first-degree murder versus lesser crimes; and defendants are sentenced to death, not lesser punishments. The Missouri statute gives prosecutors very b... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1466336 Fri, 23 May 2008 23:12:31 +0100 1466336 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1443057&cid=t_100319_151_f&fid=35823&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FAddictionInbox%2F%7E3%2F290415254%2Flethal-injections.html Bloggers Unite for Human RightsI offer the following post as a participant in "Unite For Human Rights," a campaign co-sponsored by BlogCatalog and Amnesty International USA.----------------Last month, in Baze v. Rees, the U.S Supreme Court dashed the hopes of human rights activists and ruled 7-2 that lethal injection in Kentucky does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment as defined by the constitution. In a narrowly technical ruling, the Court found that this method of execution under death penalty statutes was legal so long as there was no "substantial risk" of pain that could be alleviated by participating health professionals.In response to the court decision, Amnesty International USA released a public statement decrying the government's "preoccupation with lethal injection," cal... Addiction Inbox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1443057 Wed, 14 May 2008 20:05:00 +0100 1443057 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1377929&cid=t_100319_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6778 In this photo released of Benjamin Vaughn, lower right, with his great uncle Clarence Ray Allen, lower left, and Allen’s son Roger Allen, upper left, and his wife, Dell Ray Allen, upper right, inside San Quentin Prison in San Quentin, Calif., Monday, Jan. 16, 2006, before the execution of Allen. Allen, 76, was sentenced to death for ordering the slaying of three people at a Fresno, Calif., market while he was behind bars in 1980 for another murder. The last California execution. California lethal injection executions may resume by the end of the year. Executions in California may resume by the end of the year — with one inmate being put to death by lethal injection each month — as a result of today’s Supreme Court ruling, a high-level state prosecutor said. Chief Assist... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1377929 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:28:47 +0100 1377929 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1376668&cid=t_100319_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6777 The United States Supreme Court upheld the use of lethal injection executions this morning. The Supreme Court upheld Kentucky’s use of lethal injection executions Wednesday. The justices, by a 7-2 vote, turned back a constitutional challenge to the procedures in place in Kentucky, which uses three drugs to sedate, paralyze and kill inmates. “We … agree that petitioners have not carried their burden of showing that the risk of pain from maladministration of a concededly humane lethal injection protocol, and the failure to adopt untried and untested alternatives, constitute cruel and unusual punishment,” Chief Justice John Roberts said in an opinion that garnered only three votes. Four other justices, however, agreed with the outcome. So, let’s get on with the ... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1376668 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:13:03 +0100 1376668 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1375246&cid=t_100319_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F04%2F16%2Fvictims-closure-and-the-sociology-of-emotion-abstract%2F Susan Bandes has posted an interesting paper, titled “Victims, ‘Closure’, and the Sociology of Emotion” on SSRN (forthcoming in Law and Contemporary Problems). Here is the abstract. * * * The concept of closure, almost unknown two decades ago, has had a meteoric rise. It has been enthusiastically embraced by the legal system not only as a legitimate psychological state, but as one that the criminal justice system ought to help victims and murder survivors to attain. In the death penalty context, the concept of closure has changed the way we talk about the rationale for capital punishment, it has changed the shape of the legal process, and it has even changed what both survivors and jurors in capital cases expect to feel. Yet, as I will illustrate, the term clos... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1375246 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:36:50 +0100 1375246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1133806&cid=t_100319_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D6222 The old San Quentin, California Death Chamber last used with the Stanley Tookie Williams execution The United States Supreme court will take up whether execution by lethal injection is unconstitutional - cruel and unusual punishment. Flap wishes these bleeding heart federal judges, like Jeremy Fogel in California had more concern for the victims of these perp’s heinous crimes. So, make the rules, inject them with one drug or hang the creeps. If anyone thinks this will deter the anti-death penalty cabal……. (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1133806 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:44:28 +0100 1133806 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=552262&cid=t_100319_140_f&fid=35465&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychlaws.blogspot.com%2F2006%2F10%2Fpa-robert-flors-insight.html In the past, Robert Flor refused psychological evaluation and would not argue against getting the death penalty. After a week on new medication, that has all changed.The Bucks County man who admitted this week to killing a Newtown police officer now says he doesn't want to be put to death and would prefer to spend the rest of his life in prison, contrary to previous testimony in the case, according to his defense team.The defense says a new medication Robert Flor, 39, formerly of Bedminster, is taking for bipolar disorder, has dramatically changed his thinking and willingness to cooperate with his attorneys, prompting the change of heart.''What has happened in one week, we have literally moved heaven and earth,'' Bradley Bastedo, one of Flor's three attorneys, said in court Tuesday. Flor, ... Treatment Advocacy Center blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=552262 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 13:44:00 +0100 552262 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=552258&cid=t_100319_140_f&fid=35465&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychlaws.blogspot.com%2F2005%2F10%2Fno-death-but-what-kind-of-life.html What passes for good news these days is when people who commit terrible crimes due to symptoms of an untreated mental illness are spared the death penalty.In Ohio, one prosecutor is mad about it. He swears that Gordon Franklin, 39, will spend the rest of his life behind bars. “We will do all we can to ensure [he] never leaves prison, which is all we can do in this case."You may remember that Franklin beat his 13-year-old daughter to death with a golf club. You may also remember that he is severely ill with bipolar disorder and was not taking medication.And California, it looks like the prosecutor will not seek the death penalty for Lashaun Harris, who threw her three children to their death in the bay last week.There is no good resolution to stories like these – jail is a pretty terrib... Treatment Advocacy Center blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=552258 Tue, 25 Oct 2005 16:19:00 +0100 552258