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Is a 10-year-old capable of understanding their Miranda rights? What about an 8-year-old? This is an age-old policy question: How do we determine the right age cutoffs?
“If he has a conscience he will suffer for his mistake. That will be his punishment — as well as the prison.”– Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment
In a landmark 2013 decision, Maryland v. King, the Supreme Court upheld mandatory DNA collection from arrestees as part of booking procedures, likening cheek swabs to fingerprinting. But 13 years later, renewed public concern about genetic…
Can states keep IQ testing people sentenced to death until they get the “right” score for execution? What is really at the heart of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on executing people who have an intellectual…
Physicians are ethically not allowed to assist in the execution process, as it violates their oath to “do no harm.” Yet, the professional organizations that provide ethical guidance to practitioners allow physicians and psychiatrists to…
On Sept. 27, 2021, Army veteran William Case became one of many Americans shot by police while experiencing a mental health crisis.
