competency for execution
type: Concept
definition: The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, which, according to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Ford v. Wainwright (1986), includes the execution of the insane. Thus, it is unconstitutional to execute condemned inmates who become incompetent while on death row while they remain in an incompetent state. [Source: Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law; Competency for Execution]
broader: forensic assessment in civil and criminal cases
broader: criminal competencies
broader: capital punishment

forensic assessment in civil and criminal cases
type: Concept
narrower: competency for execution

criminal competencies
type: Concept
narrower: competency for execution

capital punishment
type: Concept
narrower: competency for execution

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: competency for execution