Mental disability and death penalty
by Michael L. Perlin.
- Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2013.
- 382 p.
Table of contents: Chapter 1. An introduction and the dilemma of factual innocence Chapter 2. Sanism, pre-texuality, the role of dignity, and therapeutic jurisprudence Chapter 3. Future dangerousness and the death penalty Chapter 4. Mental disability evidence and mitigation Chapter 5. Competency to be executed:the case of mental retardness Chapter 6. Competency to be executed:the case of mental illness Chapter 7. Competency to be executed :the question of medication Chapter 8. Neuroimaging and the death penalty Chapter 9. The role of jurors, prosecutors, and judges Chapter 10. The death penalty, mental disability, and adequacy of counsel Chapter 11. The death penalty and international human rights law Chapter 12. Conclusion Index.