Toward a Uniform Standard for Mental Retardation in Death Penalty Cases

Mental Retardation

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 203-204

  Coleman, Phyllis ^a   Shellow, Ronald A ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OFFENDER; PUNISHMENT; SHORT SURVEY; WITNESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIVIL RIGHTS; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; CIVIL RIGHTS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL RETARDATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037493764     PISSN: 00476765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/0047-6765(2003)41<203:TAUSFM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Short Survey

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6. Penry v. Lynaugh, 492 U.S. 302, 109 S. Ct. 2934 (1989).
7. Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815, 833-38, 108 S. Ct. 2687 (1988).