Abstract The Supreme Court and many state courts have assumed that jurors are capable of
differentiating less accurate clinical opinion expert testimony from expert testimony based on …

The insanity defense has been the subject of great controversy. A review of the
jurisprudential debate, infamous cases, judicial and legislative decision-making, media …

Prediction of violence in capital sentencing has been controversial. In the absence of a
scientific basis for risk assessment, mental health professionals offering opinions in the …

Abstract In [this book], Professor Perlin argues that our efforts to understand the insanity
defense and insanity-pleading defendants are doomed to eternal intellectual, political, and …

The Texas post-Furman death penalty statute restricts capital punishment to a limited
category of murders. If the defendant is found guilty of one of these crimes, the jury must …

The life and death context of a capital risk assessment requires a comprehensive forensic
evaluation. Mental health professionals routinely testify regarding future dangerousness in …

Because a criminal defendant's future dangerousness is an essential aspect of the capital
sentencing jury's decision to impose the death penalty in one state in the United States …

Ready... Aim... Firel A life is taken. Each marksman seemingly bears responsibility for the
condemned's death. But, in accord with tradition, one squad member—no one knows who …

Forensic mental health assessment (FMHA) has grown into a specialization informed by
research and professional guidelines. This series presents up-to-date information on the …

The death penalty is an ultimate and irrevocable sanction. For this reason, the US Supreme
Court has determined that “death is qualitatively different from a sentence of imprisonment …