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.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Blume on Plea Bargaining, Counsel, and Capital Cases
John H. Blume (Cornell Law School) has posted Plea Bargaining and the Right to the Effective Assistance of Counsel: Where the Rubber Hits the Road in Capital Cases on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In Lafler v. Cooper and Missouri...