Entries tagged with “Sally Satel”
Policy Issues
Mental Illness
,May 31, 2023
American Enterprise Institute’s Dr. Sally Satel Explains Why People with Severe Mental Illness Should Not Be Eligible for the Death Penalty
In the latest episode of Discussions with DPIC, Anne Holsinger, Managing Director of DPIC, interviews Dr. Sally Satel (pictured), a psychiatrist and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. She shares her insights on the role of severe mental illness in death penalty…
Policy Issues
Mental Illness
,New Voices
,Mar 17, 2023
MENTAL ILLNESS: Sally Satel op-ed: “The Flawed Case for Executing the Mentally Ill”
In an op-ed for the National Review, psychiatrist Sally Satel writes, “No civilized or lawful purpose is served by executing the severely mentally ill.” Satel is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and she highlights the deficits in the current legal system that permit capital sentences and executions for those suffering from severe mental illness. “The requirements to qualify for the insanity defense set the bar so high that few mentally ill defendants can meet it,” she…
Policy Issues
Mental Illness
,Executions Overview
,May 31, 2023
New Podcast: American Enterprise Institute’s Dr. Sally Satel Explains Why People with Severe Mental Illness Should Not Be Eligible for the Death Penalty
In the latest episode of Discussions with DPIC, Anne Holsinger, Managing Director of DPIC, interviews Dr. Sally Satel (pictured), a psychiatrist and senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. She shares her insights on the role of severe mental illness in death penalty…