Intellectual Competence & the Death Penalty

An attempt to provide understandable and up-to-date information regarding intelligence testing, intelligence theories, personal competence, adaptive behavior and intellectual disability (mental retardation) as they relate to death penalty (capital punishment) issues. A particular focus will be on psychological measurement, statistical and psychometric issues.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

New book on capital punishment (McCafferty, J.; Editor)



FYI (no comment post).  New edited book on capital punishment by James McCafferty.

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Applied Psychometrics 101 (AP101) Reports

  • AP101 #13: Problems with the 1960 and 1986 Stanford-Binet IQ scores in Atkins MR/ID death penalty cases
  • AP101 #11: Time to stop executing the mentally retarded--The case for applying the standard error of measurement (SEM)
  • AP101: #10: "Just say no" to averaging IQ subtest scores
  • AP101: # 1 Understanding IQ score differences
  • AP101 #2: What does the WAIS-IV measure?
  • AP101:#3 MDS of WJ III and CHC model implications
  • AP101:#4 Cluster analysis of WJ III: Theory and interp implications
  • AP101 #5: Standard error of measurement (SEM): An explanation and facts for "fact finders" in MR/ID death penalty proceedings
  • AP101 #6: Flynn Effect Series-What is the Flynn Effect?
  • AP101 #7: Flynn Effect Series--Is the Flynn Effect a Scientifically Accepted Fact?
  • AP101 #8: Flynn Effect Series: Brief History of FE--It was NOT given birth by Atkins SCOTUS decision
  • AP 101 #9: Why the ASVAB should not be used in the determination of a diagnosis of MR/ID

Applied Psychometrics 101 (AP101) Briefs

  • AP 101 Brief 18: Misunderstanding and misuse of achievement test scores in Atkins MR/ID death penalty cases: Part 2--Range of expected grade equivalents
  • AP 101 Brief # 18: Misunderstanding and misuse of achievement test scores in Atkins MR/ID death penalty cases: Part 1--Range of expected standard scores
  • AP 101 Brief # 14:Demographically adjusted neuropsych (Heaton) norm-based scores inappropriate for MR/ID Dx
  • AP 101 #12: Use of IQ component part scores as indicators of general intelligence in SLD and MR/ID diagnoses
  • AP101 Brief # 11: What is the typical IQ and adaptive behavior correlation?
  • AP101 Brief # 10: Understanding IQ score differecnes--Examiner errors
  • AP 101 Brief # 9: The problem with the 1/1.5 SD SS (15/22) subtest difference "rule-of-thumb"
  • AP101 Brief #8: Independent CFA of French WAIS-IV
  • AP101 Brief #5: The Wechsler-like IQ subtest scaled score metric: The potential for misuse, misinterpretation and impact on critical life decisions
  • AP101 Brief #2: IQ test battery descriptive comparison information
  • AP101 Brief #1: g or not to g
  • AP101 Brief # 7: Understandig IQ score differences via IQ Test CHC DNA Fingerprint analyses
  • AP101 Brief # 4: CHC theory and impact on IQ testing brief
  • AP 101 Brief # 6: Understanding Wechsler IQ score differences: The CHC evolution of the FS IQ's

Atkins-related PPT slide shows

  • D. Keyes & S. Blandino: Intellectual disability assessment: Malingering and retrodiagnosis in death penalty cases
  • F. Gresham: Intellectual assessment in Atkins cases and use of school diagnoses
  • J. Blume: An empirical look at Atkins v Virginia ands its application in capital cases
  • K. McGrew: [all other Slideshare PPT shows related to intelligence]
  • K. McGrew: IQ score interpretation in Atkins cases: The good, bad and the ugly
  • K. McGrew: The Flynn Effect in Atkins MR/ID cases: To adjust or not to adjust--that is the question
  • S. Greenspan: 2011 AAIDD Atkins symposium presentation

Atkins MR/ID Court Decisions & Related Doocuments

  • Agee v Oregon (2015)
  • Albarran v AL (2011)
  • Allen v IN (2012)
  • Altamirano (2019; Az)
  • Anderson v AR (2004; 2011)
  • Arbelaez v Florida (2010)
  • Atkins v VA (US Supreme Court, 2002)
  • Baer v Indiana (2011)
  • Bays v Ohio (2013)
  • Beckworth v AL (2009)
  • Bedford v Ohio (2011)
  • Bell v LA (2010)
  • Bell v MS (2011)
  • Bell v South Carolina (2016)
  • Berry v Epps (MS, 2006)
  • Bevel v FL (2008)
  • Bies v Bagley (OH; 2012)
  • Black v US (TN, 2005, 2011)
  • Blonner v OK (2006)
  • Blue v Thaler (TX, 2010, 2011)
  • Bourgeois v US (2020)
  • Bowles v FL (2019)
  • Bowling v Haeberline (KY, 2005)
  • Boyston v Az (2013)
  • Bracey v PA (2009)
  • Branch v Epps (204, 2007, 2011)
  • Briseno (exparte Briseno, TX, 2004)
  • Brown v FL (2007, 2009)
  • Brownlow v Texas (2020)
  • Brumfield v Cain (LA, 2008, 2009,2012, 2014,2015-SCOTUS)
  • Burke v OH (2005)
  • Burns v Fl (2006, 2011)
  • Burns v VA (2010)
  • Butler v Quarterman (TX, 2008, 2012)
  • Campbell v CA (2008, 2008b)
  • Candelerio-Santana (US-Puerto Rico; 2013)
  • Cathey v Texas (2013, 2017)
  • Cherry v FL (2007)
  • Chester v Thaler (TX, 2011)
  • Cole v Branker (NC, 2007, 2008)
  • Coleman v TN (2010)
  • Coleman v TN (2011)
  • Connor v Hall (GA, 2011)
  • Coonce v USA (2016)
  • Cribbs v TN (2009)
  • Daniel v AL (2011)
  • Davis v US (Maryland, 2009)
  • DeJesus v PA (2012)
  • Doss v MS (2009)
  • Dufour v FL(2008,2009,2011)
  • Dunn v LA (2010)
  • Elmore v SC (2010)
  • Engram v AR (2004)
  • Escobedo v Thaler (TX, 2012)
  • Esparaza v Thaler (TX, 2010)
  • Ford v OH (2019)
  • Foster v FL (2006)
  • Fraier v Bobby (Ohio, 2011)
  • Franqui v FL (2009)
  • Franqui v Florida (2011)
  • Frazier v OH (2007)
  • Frazier v OH (2008)
  • Fults v OK (2012)
  • Garcia v Thayer (TX, 2009)
  • Goodin v MS (2012, 2012)
  • Green v VA (2006,2007,2008)
  • Grell v AZ (2013)
  • Guevara v Thaler (TX, 2008, 2010)
  • Guevara v Thaler (TX, 2011)
  • Gumm v OH (2006)
  • Haliburton v FL (2021)
  • Hall v Thaler (TX, 2008, 2009, 2010)
  • Hall v TX (2012)
  • Hammond v OH (2008)
  • Hardy v US (LA, 2010)
  • Harris v OK (2019)
  • Harris v Thaler (TX, 2012)
  • Hearn v TX (2010, 2012)
  • Hedrick v True (VA, 2006)
  • Henderson v TX (2010, 2015)
  • Hernandez v Thaler (TX, 2011)
  • Herring v FL (2009)
  • Herring v FL (2011)
  • Hicks v GA (2004)
  • Hill v OH (2008)
  • Hill v Ohio (2011)
  • Hill v Schofield (GA,2010); Hill v Humphrey (2011); Hill v US (GA, 2013)
  • Hines v Thaler (TX, 2010, 2011, 2011b)
  • Hodges v Floridan (2010)
  • Holladay v Allen (AL, 2009)
  • Holmes v LA (2008)
  • Hooks v OK (2005, 2010, 2012)
  • Horak v NH (2010)
  • Howell v OK (2006)
  • Howell v TN (2011)
  • Hughes v Epps (MS, 2010)
  • Jackson v Norris (AR, 2010)
  • Jenkins v AL (2019)
  • Jimenez-Benceviz v USA (2013; Peurto Rico)
  • Johnson v Missouri (2013,2011, 2008)
  • Johnston v FL (2006, 2010)
  • Jones v FL (2007)
  • Jones v McNeil (Fl, 2011)
  • Jones v NC (2006-2008)
  • Keen v TN (2012)
  • Kilgore v McNeil (FL, 2010)
  • King v MS (2007,08,09)
  • Lambert v OK (2005)
  • Lane v Alabama (2018)
  • Lang v Ohio (2011)
  • Larry v Branker (NC, 2006, 2009)
  • Lewis v Ohio (2010)
  • Lewis v Thaler (TX, 2008, 2010, 2012)
  • Lizcano v TX (2010)
  • Long v Davis (TX: 2016)
  • Lorraine v OH (2007)
  • Lott v OH (2007)
  • Lynch v Hudson (OH, 2011)
  • Lynch v OH (2009)
  • Lyons v Crawford/Nixon (MO, 2009)
  • Maldonado vs Thaler (TX, 2009, 2010, 2012)
  • Matamoros v Thayer (TX, 2010)
  • Mathis v Thaler (2005, 2007, 2010, TX)
  • McCoy v OH (2009)
  • McDade v US (Al, 2010)
  • Mclaughlin v Polk (NC, 2006)
  • Meyers v Allen (AL, 2011, 2009, 2007)
  • Milam v TX (2021)
  • Miller v AR (2010)
  • Mitchell v Epps (MS, 2010)
  • Mitchell v Epps (MS, 2011)
  • Moore v Quarterman (TX, 2009) SCOTUS decision (2017), 2018 final decison, 2018 AG and ABA intervene
  • Moore v US (2011)
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  • Mundt v OH (2007)
  • Murphy v OH (2006, 2009)
  • Murphy v OK (2002, 2012
  • Myers v Workman (TX, 2010)
  • Nance v AR (2006)
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  • Nixon v FL (2009, 2016, 2017)
  • O' Neal v Ohio (2010, 2011)
  • Ochoa v OK (2006)
  • Ochoa v Workman (OK, 2010)
  • Ortiz v US (2007, 2011)
  • Parker v US (Military, 2007)
  • Parrish v KY (2008, 2010)
  • Petetan v TX (2021)
  • Phillips v FL (2008. 2020)
  • Pickens v OK (2005)
  • Pierce v Thaler (TX, 2009, 2010)
  • Pizzuto v Idaho (2012, 2019)
  • Plata v TX (2007)
  • Pruitt v IN (2005, 2009, 2012, 2015(
  • Pruitt v TN (2011)
  • Ramirez v Ryan (AZ, 2010)
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  • Reeves v AL (2020)
  • Richardson v Branker (NC, 2012)
  • Ripkowski v Thaler (TX, 2011)
  • Robinson v Schriro (Az, 2010)
  • Rodgers v FL (2006)
  • Rodrigues v Cook (CA, 2010)
  • Russell v Mississippi (2018)
  • Salazar v OK (2005)
  • Sanchez v PA (2010)
  • Sasser v Hobbs (AR, 2010, 2012)
  • Schoenwetter v FL (2010)
  • Shields v US (TN, 2012)
  • Smith v LA (2011)
  • Smith v OK (2010)
  • Smith v OK (2019)
  • Smith v TN (2010)
  • Sosa v TX (2012)
  • Stallings v OH (2008)
  • State v Duncan (AZ, 2009)
  • Stripling v GA (2011)
  • Tarver v Wilson (AL, 2012)
  • Taylor v Quarterman (TX, 2006, 2007)
  • Tharpe v Humphrey (GA, 2008, 2012)
  • Thomas v Allen (AL, 2009, 2010)
  • Thomas v FL (2004)
  • Thompson v Florida (2016)
  • Thorson v MS (2011)
  • Trevino v TX ( 2008, 2009)
  • Trotter v FL (2006)
  • Turner v US (FL, 2011)
  • Umana v US (2010)
  • Vela v NE (2010)
  • Vidal v CA (2005, 2007)
  • Waddy v Ohio (2011)
  • Walker v Kelly (VA, 2010)
  • Walker v True (VA 2005)
  • Walls v Florida (2016, 2019)
  • Watkins v NC (2011)
  • Webster (2019, IN)
  • Webster v US (2010, 2021)
  • Were v OH (2008)
  • Weston v AR (2006)
  • White v KY (2010)
  • White v OH (2008)
  • Wiley v Epps (MS, 2009, 2010)
  • Williams v LA (2009)
  • Williams v Mitchell (OH, 2011)
  • Williams v OH (2008)
  • Williams v PA (2013)
  • Williams v Thayer (TX,2007, 2008, 2010)
  • Wilson v Texas (2010, 2011)
  • Wilson v US (NY, 2014, 2016)
  • Winston v VA (2011, 2009, 2007, 2012)
  • Woods v TX (2008,20009)
  • Wright v Florida (2018)
  • Ybarra v NV (2011)

Atkins Related Articles

  • Benforado (2010): The geography of criminal law
  • Bilz (2010). Defending the (Mis)Use of Statistics in Law
  • Blume et al (2009). An empirical look at Atkins & its application in capital cases
  • Blume et al (2009). Of Atkins & Men: Deviatons from Clinical Defs of MR in DP cases
  • Bonnie (2004). AP(sychiatric)A resource doc on MR and capital sentencing
  • Bonnie & Gustafson (2007). Challenge of implementing Atkins: How legislatures and courts can promote accurate assessments and adjudications of MR in DP cases
  • Broderick (2022). Executing Defendants with Intellectual Disabilities: Unconstitutional in Theory, Persistent in Practice
  • Brown & Murphy (2010). Through a scanner darkley: Functional neuroimaging as evidence of a criminal defendant's past mental states
  • Cheung (2013): Defining intellectual disability and establishing a standard of proof: Suggestions for a national model standard
  • Church (2003). Mandating Dignity: The United States SupremeCourt’s Extreme Departure From Precedent Regarding the Eighth Amendment and the Death Penalty
  • Cohen (2010). The racial geography of the death penalty
  • Colon (2009). Capital crime: How CA admin of the death penalty violates the 8th ammendment
  • Crowell (2016) on the Texas Briseno adaptive behavior factors
  • Dillard (2011). How to achieve the categorical exception of MR subjects from execution
  • Ellis (2014); SCOTUS Hall v Florida decisions: Implementing Atkins
  • Ellis et all. (2018): Evaluating INtellectual Disability: Clinical Assessments in Atkins Cases
  • Garrett (2010). Substance of false confessions
  • Gershowitz (2010). Statewide capital punishment: The case for eliminating counties' role in death penalty
  • Hans (2009). The Twenty-First Century Jury: Worst of Times or Best of Times?
  • Harvard Law Review: Admiting Doubt: A New Standard for Evidence
  • Hashimoto (2010): Class matters
  • Haug & Baird (2011). Find the Error in Daubert
  • Haydt et al. (2014): Advantages of DSM-5 in Dx of Intellectual Disability
  • Hudson et al (2008). Lightning but no thunder: The need for clarity in military courts re: the def. of mental retardation in capital cases for procedures in implementing Atkins v Virginia
  • Johnson et al. (2019): Race, ID & death: Invidious influences on Atkins determinations
  • Kan (2009). Presenting information about mental retardation in the courtroom: A content analysis of pre-Atkins capital trial trancripts from Texas
  • Kaye (2016): Deadly statistics: Quantifying an “Unacceptable Risk” in Capital Punishment
  • Kirchmeier (2010: The undiscovered country: Execution competency and comprehending death
  • Kirchmeier et al. (2010). Vigilante Justice: Prosecutor Misconduct in Capital Cases.
  • LaPrade & Worrall (2020): Atkins State-by-state analysise
  • Lucas (2017): An Empirical Assessment of Georgia's Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Standard to Determine Intellectual Disability in Capital Cases
  • Markel (2009). Executing retributivism: Panetti & the future of the 8th Ammendment
  • Maroney (2011). Adolescent Brain Science since Graham v Florida
  • Monahan & Walker (2010). 25-years of social science and the law
  • Mossman (2003). Atkins-A psychiatric can of worms
  • Mulroy (2012): Execution by accident: Evidentiary & constitutional problems with the "childhood onset" requirement in Atkins claims
  • Nevins-Saunders (2010). Incomprehensible crimes: Defendants with mental retardation and statuatory rape
  • Perlin (2009): Can international rights laws be an effective source of rights in correctional conditions litigation?
  • Perlin (2009): Some Therapeutic jurisprudence dilemmas in the representation of criminal defendants in incompetency and insanity cases
  • Perlin (2020). “Man is Opposed to Fair Play”: An Empirical Analysis of How the Fifth Circuit Has Failed to Take Seriously Atkins v. Virginia
  • Primus (2010). Structural view of habeas corpus
  • Raffensperger (2013): Atkins v Virginia: The need for consistent substantive and procedural application of the ban on executing the intellectually disabled.
  • Roko (2010). Finality, habeas, innocence, and the death penalty: Can justice be done?
  • Rutledge (2010): Decisional Sequencing
  • Ryan (2009). Does the 8th amendment punishments clause prohibit only punishments that are both cruel and unusual?
  • Ryan (2010). Judging Cruelty
  • Sanger (2015). IQ, intelligence tests, "ethnic adjustments" and Atkins
  • Steiker & Steiker (2010). No More Tinkering with the Death Penalty
  • Sundby (2011): War & Peace in the Jury Room: How Capital Juries Reach Unanimity
  • Tuerkheimer (2010). Criminal justice at a crossroads: Science-dependent prosecution and the problem of epistemic contingency
  • Weithorn (2008). Conceptual hurdles in application of Atkins
  • Wexler (2010). Therapeutic jurisprudence and its application to criminal justice research and development
  • White (2009). Treated differently in life but not in death

Amicus Briefs

  • APA: Moore v Texas (2016)
  • AAIDD/ARC Lizcano v Texas (2015)
  • APA and AAIDD: Hall v Florida (2014)
  • ACLU: Wood v Allen (2009)
  • APA: Juvenile sentencing (2005,2009)
  • AAIDD: Dufour v Florida (2009)
  • AAIDD: Briseno v Quarterman (2008)
  • AAMR: Stripling v Head (2003)
  • AAMR et al: Tennard v. Dretke ( 2003)

Standards, Ethics, Guidelines & Position Statements

  • AAPL forensic guidelines for eval. of psychiatric disability
  • American Academy of Psychiatry (2005) Ethics for Forensic Psychiatry
  • ABA (2006) position statement
  • AERA/APA/NCME (2014) Joint Test Standards
  • Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychology (2012)

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