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3233347

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-5-4
pubmed:abstractText
In early 1988 the population on America's death rows climbed above the 2,000 mark for the first time in history. In 1986 the United States Supreme Court firmly stated that the Constitution will have been violated if any of these prisoners is put to death while mentally incompetent for execution. In this article we discuss the case of Gary Alvord, the only inmate to be formally found incompetent for execution in modern times. Interviews with psychiatrists and mental health professionals at the Florida psychiatric hospital where Alvord was treated between 1984 and 1987 reveal much ambivalence and anger about the case. We conclude that, out of respect for the rights of these mental health professionals and the ethical codes of their professions, any prisoner found incompetent for execution should have his or her death sentence commuted to long-term imprisonment before treatment is requested or given.
pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
E
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0091-634X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
297-308
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Treating those found incompetent for execution: ethical chaos with only one solution.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Sociology, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports