Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instance_of |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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| gptkbp:case_analysis |
Examined by legal scholars
Implications for mental health in law Relevant to ongoing death penalty discussions |
| gptkbp:case_number |
Documented in legal archives
Summary available in legal databases Ford's mental health history |
| gptkbp:case_outcome |
gptkb:Justice_Thurgood_Marshall
Details of the ruling discussed in courts Ford was not executed Influenced public opinion on capital punishment. |
| gptkbp:case_significance |
Landmark decision in death penalty law
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| gptkbp:case_types |
Constitutional law case
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| gptkbp:consequences |
Influenced death penalty jurisprudence
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| gptkbp:court |
gptkb:Washington,_D._C.
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| gptkbp:decided_by |
gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
June 20, 1986 |
| gptkbp:dissenting_opinion |
gptkb:Justice_Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Justice_Byron_White gptkb:Justice_William_Rehnquist gptkb:Justice_Sandra_Day_O'_Connor |
| gptkbp:election |
5-4
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| gptkbp:historical_context |
1980s death penalty debates
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Ford v. Wainwright
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| gptkbp:impact |
Influenced state laws on execution
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| gptkbp:influenced_by |
American Bar Association guidelines
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| gptkbp:involved_parties |
gptkb:John_W._Ford
Wainwright |
| gptkbp:is_cited_in |
477 U. S. 399 (1986)
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| gptkbp:judicial_review |
Supreme Court review
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| gptkbp:legal_context |
Death penalty cases
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| gptkbp:legal_framework |
Revised standards for execution competency
Set a standard for competency hearings |
| gptkbp:legal_issue |
Ethics of capital punishment
Competency to be executed Arguments for and against execution |
| gptkbp:legal_outcome |
Reaffirmed the principle of humane treatment
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| gptkbp:legal_principle |
Due process rights
Cruel and unusual punishment |
| gptkbp:legal_representation |
Ford's attorney
State of Florida's attorney |
| gptkbp:legislation |
gptkb:Mental_Health_Act
Mental competency |
| gptkbp:media_coverage |
Extensive media coverage
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| gptkbp:outcome |
Execution of mentally incompetent individuals is unconstitutional
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| gptkbp:precedent |
gptkb:Atkins_v._Virginia
Set precedent for future cases |
| gptkbp:public_reaction |
Controversial case
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| gptkbp:related_cases |
gptkb:Furman_v._Georgia
gptkb:Ford_v._Strickland |
| gptkbp:related_human_rights_issue |
Rights of the mentally ill
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| gptkbp:scholarly_analysis |
Analyzed in law reviews
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| gptkbp:significance |
Addresses the Eighth Amendment
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Atkins_v._Virginia
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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