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Class Of 2016 Incoming Il Law Students, St. Mary's University School Of Law, St. Mary's University School Of Law
Class Of 2016 Incoming Il Law Students, St. Mary's University School Of Law, St. Mary's University School Of Law
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The Costs Of Delay: Incompetent Criminal Defendants, Involuntary Antipsychotic Medications, And The Question Of Who Decides, Dora W. Klein
The Costs Of Delay: Incompetent Criminal Defendants, Involuntary Antipsychotic Medications, And The Question Of Who Decides, Dora W. Klein
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Whether an incompetent pretrial detainee is entitled to a judicial hearing before he may be administered involuntary antipsychotic medication is a matter of contention. The question of the constitutionality, with regard to the Due Process clause, of involuntary medication to diminish a detainee’s dangerousness is one that arises at the intersection of two United States Supreme Court cases, Washington v. Harper and Sell v. United States.
In Harper, the Court ruled that a convicted prisoner is not entitled to a judicial hearing before he may be administered involuntary antipsychotic medications when the medications are necessary to diminish the prisoner’s dangerousness …