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Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty

An attempt to provide understandable and up-to-date information regarding intelligence testing, intelligence theories, personal competence, adaptive behavior and intellectual disability (mental retardation)as they relate to death penalty (capital punishment) issues. A particular focus will be on psychological measurement, statistical and psychometric issues.

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Book review: More on the Last Lawyer

More reviews on The Last Lawyer...this time from DPIC.

Technorati Tags: psychology, forensic psychology, ABA, American Bar Association, death penalty, capital punishment, mental retardation, Last Lawyer

Posted by Kevin at 5:11 PM

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AP101: # 1 Understanding IQ score differences
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AP101 #5: Standard error of measurement (SEM): An explanation and facts for "fact finders" in MR/ID death penalty proceedings
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S. Greenspan (Forensic Consulting)
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T. Oakland (Forensic Consulting)

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Atkins Related Law Review Articles

Benforado (2010): The geography of criminal law
Bilz (2010). Defending the (Mis)Use of Statistics in Law
Blume et al (2009). An empirical look at Atkins & its application in capital cases
Blume et al (2009). Of Atkins & Men: Deviatons from Clinical Defs of MR in DP cases
Bonnie & Gustafson (2007). Challenge of implementing Atkins: How legislatures and courts can promote accurate assessments and adjudications of MR in DP cases
Bonnie (2004). AP(sychiatric)A resource doc on MR and capital sentencing
Brown & Murphy (2010). Through a scanner darkley: Functional neuroimaging as evidence of a criminal defendant's past mental states
Church (2003). Mandating Dignity: The United States SupremeCourt’s Extreme Departure From Precedent Regarding the Eighth Amendment and the Death Penalty
Colon (2009). Capital crime: How CA admin of the death penalty violates the 8th ammendment
Garrett (2010). Substance of false confessions
Gershowitz (2010). Statewide capital punishment: The case for eliminating counties' role in death penalty
Hans (2009). The Twenty-First Century Jury: Worst of Times or Best of Times?
Harvard Law Review: Admiting Doubt: A New Standard for Evidence
Hashimoto (2010): Class matters
Hudson et al (2008). Lightning but no thunder: The need for clarity in military courts re: the def. of mental retardation in capital cases for procedures in implementing Atkins v Virginia
Kan (2009). Presenting information about mental retardation in the courtroom: A content analysis of pre-Atkins capital trial trancripts from Texas
Kirchmeier (2010: The undiscovered country: Execution competency and comprehending death
Kirchmeier et al. (2010). Vigilante Justice: Prosecutor Misconduct in Capital Cases.
Markel (2009). Executing retributivism: Panetti & the future of the 8th Ammendment
Monahan & Walker (2010). 25-years of social science and the law
Mossman (2003). Atkins-A psychiatric can of worms
Perlin (2009): Can international rights laws be an effective source of rights in correctional conditions litigation?
Perlin (2009): Some Therapeutic jurisprudence dilemmas in the representation of criminal defendants in incompetency and insanity cases
Primus (2010). Structural view of habeas corpus
Rutledge (2010): Decisional Sequencing
Ryan (2009). Does the 8th amendment punishments clause prohibit only punishments that are both cruel and unusual?
Ryan (2010). Judging Cruelty
Tuerkheimer (2010). Criminal justice at a crossroads: Science-dependent prosecution and the problem of epistemic contingency
Weithorn (2008). Conceptual hurdles in application of Atkins
Wexler (2010). Therapeutic jurisprudence and its application to criminal justice research and development
White (2009). Treated differently in life but not in death

Amicus Briefs

ACLU: Wood v Allen (2009)
APA: Juvenile sentencing (2005,2009)
AAIDD: Dufour v Florida (2009)
AAIDD: Briseno v Quarterman (2008)
AAMR: Stripling v Head (2003)
AAMR et al: Tennard v. Dretke ( 2003)

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American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
American Psychologist
Annual Review of Law and Social Science
Applied Neuropsychology
Applied Psychological Measurement
Behavioral Sciences and Law
Educational and Psychological Measurement
Ethics and Behavior
Int. Journal of Law and Psychiatry
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Intelligence
Journal of American Academy of Psychiat. and Law.
Journal of Forensic Psychology Practice
Journal of Law and Criminology
Journal of Mental Health in Intellectual Abilities
Journal of Mental Health in Intellectual Abilities
Law and Human Behavior
Law and Psychology Review
Mental and Physical Disability Law Reporter
Open Access Journal for Forensic Psychology
Professional Psychology: Research and Practice
Psychology Public Policy and Law
Psychometrika
Punishment and Society

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"In the News" by Karen Franklin, Ph.D.
AAIDD
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American Civil Liberties Union
American Psychological Association
American Psychology-Law Society
Assoc of Univ Centers on Disabilities
Blawg Review
Bureau of Justice Statistics Home page
California Law Review
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Capital Defense Weekly
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Cornell Law School: Death Penalty Project
Crime and Consequences Blog
CrimProf Blog
Death Penalty Information Center
Death Penalty Representation Project Home Page
Federal Habeas Corpus Update
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FindLaw for Legal Professionals | Law & Legal Information
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Home | Human Rights Watch
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International Society for Intelligence Research (ISIR)
j u s t c r i m
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Loislaw: Legal Research, Forms and other Legal Information- Loislaw
Mental Disability Law Blog
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NJC - Capital Cases Resources
NYU Law - Centers: Center on the Administration of Criminal Law
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Primary Law National & Litigation Libraries Collection- Loislaw
Prison Law Blog
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Stanford Center for Law and Biosciences
Supreme Court - Law & Legal Social Media Network For Clients, Lawyers and Advocates
Texas Defender Service
The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
The National Judicial College
The StandDown Texas Project

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American Academy of Psychiatry (2005) Ethics for Forensic Psychiatry
ABA (2006) position statement
AERA/APA/NCME (1999) Joint Test Standards
Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychology (2008)

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AAIDD/AAMR
American Psych. Assoc. Divisions 33 and 41
American Psychiatric Association
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ABA: Comission on Mental & Physical Disability Law
NADD: Natl Assoc persons with Dev. Disabilities

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