Atkins v. Virginia: Execution of mentally retarded defendants revisited

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-105

  Scott, Charles L ^a,c   Gerbasi, Joan B ^b  

^a Department of Clinical Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CRIMINAL LAW; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL PATIENT; NOTE; PUNISHMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; CRIME; HUMANS; INSANITY DEFENSE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION;

EID: 0037244632     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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