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, September 30, 2012

Article: Top-Ten Recent SSRN Downloads

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Top-Ten Recent SSRN Downloads http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/2012/09/top-ten-recent-ssrn-downloads-4.html Sent via Flipboard
Thursday, September 27, 2012

Article: Intellectual Disability Often Not Inherited

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Intellectual Disability Often Not Inherited http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2012/09/27/intellectual-disability-not-inherited/16538/ Sent via ...
Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Guest post: The 10th Circuit COA Creates More Holes in the Atkins Safety Net: Nancy Haydt, J. D. on Hooks v Workman

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This is a Guest Post by Nancy Haydt , J. D. re: Hooks v. Workman  Nancy Haydt is an attorney practicing in California and Colorado. Her re...
Monday, September 24, 2012

"Neurotechnologies at the Intersection of Criminal Procedure and Constitutional Law"

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Recently Posted to SSRN: "Neurotechnologies at the Intersection of Criminal Procedure and Constitutional Law" Neurotechnologies at...

Perlin on Mental Disability Law and the Death Penalty

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Michael L. Perlin (New York Law School) has posted Mental Disability and the Death Penalty: The Shame of the States (Rowman & Littlefiel...

LAW REVIEWS: Ethics of Mental Incompetence and Death Row

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A new article by Professors Brian D. Shannon (pictured) and Victor R. Scarano examines the ethical implications of mental incompetence among...

Article: Psychometrics from the Ground Up 9: Standard Scores and Why We Need Them

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Psychometrics from the Ground Up 9: Standard Scores and Why We Need Them http://assessingpsyche.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/psychometrics-from-...
Sunday, September 23, 2012

Article: Top-Ten Recent SSRN Downloads

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Top-Ten Recent SSRN Downloads http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/2012/09/top-ten-recent-ssrn-downloads-3.html Sent via Flipboard
Thursday, September 20, 2012

Article: Retardation Nonsense

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Retardation Nonsense http://www.crimeandconsequences.com/crimblog/2012/09/retardation-nonsense.html Sent via Flipboard
Saturday, September 15, 2012

Law Review Article: Execution by accident: Evidentiary & constitutional problems with the "childhood onset" requirement in Atkins claims (Mulroy, 2012)

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A copy of the above titled article  can be accessed at the link provided.  It has been added to the Law Review Article blog sidebar at t...

Article: Mulroy on the "Childhood Onset" Requirement in Atkins Claims

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Mulroy on the "Childhood Onset" Requirement in Atkins Claims http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/2012/09/mulroy-on-the-...
Friday, September 14, 2012

"Challenging the Death Penalty with Statistics: Furman, McCleskey and a Single County Case Study"

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The title of this post is the title of this notable new paper on SSRN authored by Steven Shatz and Terry Dalton. Here is the abstract: I...
Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Bennion on the Insanity Defense and Graham v. Florida

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Elizabeth Bennion (Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School) has posted Death is Different No Longer: Abolishing the Insanity D...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Kovarsky on Habeas

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Lee Kovarsky (University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law) has posted Habeas Verite (Tulsa Law Review, Vol. 47, No. 1, 2011, p....
Friday, September 7, 2012

Historical review of WISC to WISC-IV

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This article is an open access article and thus I am providing a link to a copy. The article helps users understand the various changes...
Thursday, September 6, 2012

J Am Acad Psychiatry Law Table of Contents for 1 September 2012; Vol. 40, No. 3

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JAAPL Online Table of Contents Alert ...

Test post with new blogging iPad app (Blogsy)

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Testing one two three? Inserting old brain drawing as test.     Posted with Blogsy
Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Intriguing account of how Justices deal with last-minute capital appeals

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This new Sidebar column by Adam Liptak in the New York Times , headlined "To Beat the Execution Clock, the Justices Prepare Early,...

Dillard on Competency Doctrine in Capital Cases

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Amy Dillard (University of Baltimore - School of Law) has posted Madness Alone Punishes the Madman: The Search for Moral Dignity in the Cour...
Monday, September 3, 2012

ICDP adds social media "share" buttons to bottom of posts

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First post to test the automatic inclusions of various "share" social media buttons to the bottom of all posts.  Hope it also work...
Sunday, September 2, 2012

Article: Top-Ten Recent SSRN Downloads

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Top-Ten Recent SSRN Downloads http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/2012/09/top-ten-recent-ssrn-downloads.html Sent via Flipboard
Thursday, August 30, 2012

Article: "Law and Neuroscience: Possibilities for Prosecutors"

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"Law and Neuroscience: Possibilities for Prosecutors" http://kolber.typepad.com/ethics_law_blog/2012/08/law-and-neuroscience-possi...
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Article: Insight - Neuroscience in court: My brain made me do it

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Insight - Neuroscience in court: My brain made me do it http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/08/29/us-neuroscience-crime-idUSBRE87S0702012082...
Monday, August 27, 2012

For the psychometrically inclined...and psychologists who should be

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Very good food for thought regarding the need for progress in applied psychological measurement. Double click on image to enlarge. Posted us...
Friday, August 24, 2012

IQ Score Interpretations in Atkins MR/ID Death Penalty Cases: The Good, Bad and the Ugly

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I just uploaded the following PPT presentation to my SlideShare account--- IQ Score Interpretation in Atkins MR/ID Death Penalty Cases: The...

Shen on Neuroscience for Prosecutors

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Francis X. Shen (University of Minnesota Law School) has posted Law and Neuroscience: Possibilities for Prosecutors (CDAA Prosecutors Brief,...
Thursday, August 23, 2012

Article: Ryan on Death and Rehabilitation

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Ryan on Death and Rehabilitation http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/2012/08/ryan-on-death-and-rehabilitation.html Sent via Flipb...
Wednesday, August 22, 2012

LAW REVIEWS: Use of Behavioral Genetics Evidence in Criminal Cases

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Professor Deborah Denno of Fordham University Law School has published an article in the Michigan State Law Review concerning her research ...

Article: LAW REVIEWS: "A Modest Proposal: The Aged of Death Row Should Be Deemed Too Old to Execute"

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LAW REVIEWS: "A Modest Proposal: The Aged of Death Row Should Be Deemed Too Old to Execute" http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/law-re...

Article: Split Ninth Circuit faults district judge for failing to ensure defendant was competent at sentencing

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Split Ninth Circuit faults district judge for failing to ensure defendant was competent at sentencing http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentenci...
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Dr. Kevin McGrew is Director of the Institute for Applied Psychometrics (llc). Additional information, including potential conflicts of interest resulting from commercial test development or other consultation, can be found at The MindHub(TM; http://www.themindhub.com ). General email contact is iqmcgrew@gmail.com
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