Execution, Schizophrenics and Loopholes
February 11, 2003 1:05 PM Subscribe
The Court of Appeals has ruled that a paranoid schizophrenic can be put to death if he is given antipsychotics to make him aware that he is being executed. A new wave of antipsychotic drugs such as olanzapine has replaced the standard "drool and shuffle" drugs of the past. But if Charles Singleton was indeed "sick" when he committed the murder, how is drugging a mentally imbalanced convict to clarity, right before the volts kick in, a form of rehabilitation?
This post was deleted for the following reason: I had to rehabillitate this thread, so this other one could live.
if i stand in this line too do i get double meds?
[drool, shuffle]
posted by quonsar at 1:10 PM on February 11, 2003
[drool, shuffle]
posted by quonsar at 1:10 PM on February 11, 2003
Going to be deleted anyways, but how is killing ANYONE a form of rehabilitation?
posted by zekinskia at 1:17 PM on February 11, 2003
posted by zekinskia at 1:17 PM on February 11, 2003
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