Author

Jared Vornhagen

  • Supreme Court

    Crime and Punishment and IQ

    “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

    Crime and Punishment and IQ

  • Data Privacy

    Rethinking Maryland v. King Amid the Changing Landscape of Technology and Privacy

    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…

    Rethinking Maryland v. King Amid the Changing Landscape of Technology and Privacy

  • Scientific Evidence

    Hamm v. Smith: The Limits of Legal Certainty when Science Evolves

    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…

    Hamm v. Smith: The Limits of Legal Certainty when Science Evolves

  • Mental Health

    To Treat or Not to Treat: The Ethics of Competence Restoration in Capital Cases

    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…

    To Treat or Not to Treat: The Ethics of Competence Restoration in Capital Cases