A new edi­tion of the Catholic University Law Review includes papers from the uni­ver­si­ty’s recent sym­po­sium on men­tal ill­ness and the death penal­ty. The pre­sen­ta­tions by experts deliv­ered dur­ing the sym­po­sium address how pol­i­cy mak­ers and the courts might resolve the pro­pri­ety of exe­cut­ing those with men­tal ill­ness. Articles exam­ine rec­om­men­da­tions from the Task Force of the ABA’s Section of Individual Rights and Reponsibilities regard­ing men­tal dis­abil­i­ties and the death penal­ty. Authors also explore whether the exe­cu­tion of those with men­tal ill­ness vio­lates the U.S. Constitution’s ban on cru­el and unusu­al pun­ish­ment because these offend­ers have dimin­ished men­tal capac­i­ty. Among the pan­el mem­bers whose remarks are includ­ed in the law review are Task Force mem­bers Ronald Tabak (Skadden, Arps), Prof. Christopher Slobogin (Univ. of Fl.), Ronald S. Honberg (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill), and Prof. Richard Bonnie (Univ. of Va.), and DPIC’s Executive Director Richard Dieter, who is also an adjunct fac­ul­ty mem­ber of the Law School.

(54 Catholic University Law Review 1113 (2005)). See Mental Illness and Law Reviews.

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