Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
legal case
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| gptkbp:caseOutcome |
Reversed lower court decision
Increased collaboration between legal and mental health professionals Encouragement of mental health evaluations in capital cases Changes in jury instructions regarding mental disability Advocacy for mental health resources in prisons Heightened awareness of wrongful convictions Impact on clemency petitions for death row inmates Increased awareness of mental health issues in law Increased scrutiny of capital punishment cases Influence on public defenders' strategies Legal reforms in several states Reassessment of death row inmates' mental health Strengthened arguments against the death penalty Increased funding for mental health advocacy organizations Promotion of interdisciplinary approaches in legal cases |
| gptkbp:caseTypes |
00-8452
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| gptkbp:citedBy |
Various_subsequent_Supreme_Court_cases
|
| gptkbp:court |
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
|
| gptkbp:decidedBy |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
June 20, 2002 |
| gptkbp:field |
Constitutional law
Criminal law Human rights law |
| gptkbp:filedIn |
March 20, 2002
|
| gptkbp:has_implications_for |
Reevaluation of death penalty cases
|
| gptkbp:historical_analysis |
Examined in legal journals
|
| gptkbp:historicalContext |
Part of broader movement against capital punishment
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Atkins v. Virginia
|
| gptkbp:impact |
States prohibited from executing mentally disabled
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
Shift in views on mental disability and punishment
|
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
International human rights standards
|
| gptkbp:involved |
gptkb:Daryl_Atkins
gptkb:Virginia |
| gptkbp:judges |
gptkb:Justice_Antonin_Scalia
Constitutional review of state laws Evolving standards of decency |
| gptkbp:lawEnforcement |
gptkb:David_A._Bruck
|
| gptkbp:legalStatus |
gptkb:Robert_F._McDonnell
Set a precedent for future cases Execution of mentally disabled individuals Clarified standards for mental disability in capital cases |
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
State laws addressing mental disability in death penalty cases
|
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
gptkb:American_Bar_Association
gptkb:American_Psychological_Association gptkb:National_Association_of_Criminal_Defense_Lawyers Landmark decision in death penalty jurisprudence Used in law schools for teaching purposes |
| gptkbp:outcome |
Death penalty unconstitutional for mentally disabled
|
| gptkbp:politicalParty |
gptkb:Justice_John_Paul_Stevens
|
| gptkbp:precedent |
Eighth Amendment interpretation
|
| gptkbp:publicAccess |
Debate on mental health and capital punishment
Ethics of capital punishment |
| gptkbp:relatedPatent |
gptkb:Ford_v._Wainwright
gptkb:Roper_v._Simmons Cruel and unusual punishment |
| gptkbp:voterTurnout |
6-3
|