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35 relations: American Bar Association, Capital punishment, Certiorari, Competence (law), Counsel, Criminal justice, Death row, Defendant, Dusky v. United States, Estelle v. Smith, Ethical dilemma, Execution warrant, Executive (government), Florida, Ford v. Wainwright, Forensic psychology, Frendak v. United States, Godinez v. Moran, Kenneth L. Curtis, List of criminal competencies, List of Governors of Florida, Mental status examination, National Medical Association, Obstruction of justice, Plea, Prison, Psychological evaluation, Right to counsel, Stratford, Connecticut, Supreme Court of the United States, Trial, United States, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, United States district court, United States v. Binion.
American Bar Association
The American Bar Association (ABA), founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States.
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Capital punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is a government-sanctioned practice whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime.
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Certiorari
Certiorari, often abbreviated cert. in the United States, is a process for seeking judicial review and a writ issued by a court that agrees to review.
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Competence (law)
In United States law, competence concerns the mental capacity of an individual to participate in legal proceedings or transactions, and the mental condition a person must have to be responsible for his or her decisions or acts.
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Counsel
A counsel or a counsellor at law is a person who gives advice and deals with various issues, particularly in legal matters.
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Criminal justice
Criminal justice is the delivery of justice to those who have committed crimes.
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Death row
Death row is a special section of a prison that houses inmates who are awaiting execution after being sentenced to death for the conviction of capital crimes.
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Defendant
A defendant is a person accused of committing a crime in criminal prosecution or a person against whom some type of civil relief is being sought in a civil case.
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Dusky v. United States
Dusky v. United States, 362 U.S. 402 (1960), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court affirmed a defendant's right to have a competency evaluation before proceeding to trial.
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Estelle v. Smith
Estelle v. Smith,, was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that, per Miranda v. Arizona (1966), the state may not force a defendant to submit to a psychiatric examination solely for the purposes of sentencing.
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Ethical dilemma
An ethical dilemma or ethical paradox is a decision-making problem between two possible moral imperatives, neither of which is unambiguously acceptable or preferable.
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Execution warrant
An execution warrant (also called death warrant or black warrant) is a writ that authorizes the execution of a judgment of death (capital punishment) on an individual.
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Executive (government)
The executive is the organ exercising authority in and holding responsibility for the governance of a state.
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Florida
Florida (Spanish for "land of flowers") is the southernmost contiguous state in the United States.
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Ford v. Wainwright
Ford v. Wainwright,, was a U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the common law rule that the insane cannot be executed; therefore the petitioner is entitled to a competency evaluation and to an evidentiary hearing in court on the question of their competency to be executed.
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Forensic psychology
Forensic psychology is the intersection between psychology and the justice system.
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Frendak v. United States
Frendak v. United States, 408 A.2d 364 (D.C. 1979) is a landmark case in which District of Columbia Court of Appeals decided that a judge could not impose an insanity defense over the defendant's objections.
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Godinez v. Moran
Godinez v. Moran, 509 U.S. 389 (1993),.
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Kenneth L. Curtis
Kenneth L. Curtis (born August 3, 1965) is a former college student from Connecticut who on October 30, 1987 shot and killed his estranged girlfriend, and shot himself in the head.
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List of criminal competencies
List of criminal competencies is a listing of the various types of competencies relevant to the defendant in criminal law in the United States.
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List of Governors of Florida
The Governor of Florida is the head of the executive branch of Florida's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.
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Mental status examination
The mental status examination or mental state examination (MSE) is an important part of the clinical assessment process in psychiatric practice.
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National Medical Association
The National Medical Association (NMA) is the largest and oldest national organization representing African American physicians and their patients in the United States.
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Obstruction of justice
Obstruction of justice, in United States jurisdictions, is the crime of obstructing prosecutors or other (usually government) officials.
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Plea
In legal terms, a plea is simply an answer to a claim made by someone in a criminal case under common law using the adversarial system.
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Prison
A prison, also known as a correctional facility, jail, gaol (dated, British English), penitentiary (American English), detention center (American English), or remand center is a facility in which inmates are forcibly confined and denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state.
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Psychological evaluation
Psychological evaluation is defined as a way of assessing an individual's behavior, personality, cognitive abilities, and several other domains.
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Right to counsel
Right to counsel means a defendant has a right to have the assistance of counsel (i.e., lawyers), and if the defendant cannot afford a lawyer, requires that the government appoint one or pay the defendant's legal expenses.
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Stratford, Connecticut
Stratford is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.
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Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest federal court of the United States.
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Trial
In law, a trial is a coming together of parties to a dispute, to present information (in the form of evidence) in a tribunal, a formal setting with the authority to adjudicate claims or disputes.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (in case citations, 8th Cir.) is a United States federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the following United States district courts.
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United States district court
The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system.
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United States v. Binion
United States v. Binion, 132 F. App'x 89 (8th Cir. 2005), is a case in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit applied two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, United States v. Booker and United States v. Fanfan, in uphelding the sentencing decision by the trial court, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competency_evaluation_(law)
