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Both http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/02-5664.ZS.html and this wikipedia article quote the Supreme Court decision. I have put it in quotes. I think this is a false alarm. Josephgrossberg 02:15, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
I found the article hard to follow about the actual result and its rationales, because of a missing link here: on the one hand, it says that forcibly medicating a non-dangerous defendant is now allowed (compared to Washington v. Harper); but on the other hand, the ruling used Sell's non-dangerousness as a major point for two aspects. How the two mesh is unclear.
My vague understanding after re-reading is that forced medication of a non-dangerous defendant was now allowed (within newly-defined criteria) but that Sell didn't actually meet those newly-defined criteria? Or is it only an issue of non-retroactivity, i.e. the old decision was ruled invalid under the previously established rules, but would now be valid if Sell was to be tried tomorrow? Hm. I don't even know if that's correct, but right or wrong it shouldn't take several readings. I think it should be directly addressed in the WP:LEAD so that a layman reader has at least a key or compass for reading the rest of the article. — Komusou talk @ 21:34, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
There is a difference between a finding of "no evidence" and the finding that the 8th circuit made in this case which is: "the evidence does not support a finding that Sell posed a danger to himself or others at the Medical Center." The psychiatrist saying "he is a danger to himself" is evidence. The district court and 8th circuit agreed that the evidence presented in the lower courts was not enough to show that he was a danger. You are correct that the Supreme Court was not deciding the factual issue of whether Dr. Sell was dangerous. The Supreme Court was only looking to see if the correct standard was used to determine whether the drug could be administered involuntarily solely in order to render that defendant competent to stand trial. It held that the lower courts had not met that standard and sent the case back to the lower courts where Dr. Sell underwent subsequent hearings on his competence and the use of drugs to make him competent. -- Tinned Elk ( talk) 22:48, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
The article keeps referring to someone called Self, but never mentions who this person is. Some cleanup is required. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ciderbarrel ( talk • contribs) 21:44, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
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Both http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/02-5664.ZS.html and this wikipedia article quote the Supreme Court decision. I have put it in quotes. I think this is a false alarm. Josephgrossberg 02:15, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
I found the article hard to follow about the actual result and its rationales, because of a missing link here: on the one hand, it says that forcibly medicating a non-dangerous defendant is now allowed (compared to Washington v. Harper); but on the other hand, the ruling used Sell's non-dangerousness as a major point for two aspects. How the two mesh is unclear.
My vague understanding after re-reading is that forced medication of a non-dangerous defendant was now allowed (within newly-defined criteria) but that Sell didn't actually meet those newly-defined criteria? Or is it only an issue of non-retroactivity, i.e. the old decision was ruled invalid under the previously established rules, but would now be valid if Sell was to be tried tomorrow? Hm. I don't even know if that's correct, but right or wrong it shouldn't take several readings. I think it should be directly addressed in the WP:LEAD so that a layman reader has at least a key or compass for reading the rest of the article. — Komusou talk @ 21:34, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
There is a difference between a finding of "no evidence" and the finding that the 8th circuit made in this case which is: "the evidence does not support a finding that Sell posed a danger to himself or others at the Medical Center." The psychiatrist saying "he is a danger to himself" is evidence. The district court and 8th circuit agreed that the evidence presented in the lower courts was not enough to show that he was a danger. You are correct that the Supreme Court was not deciding the factual issue of whether Dr. Sell was dangerous. The Supreme Court was only looking to see if the correct standard was used to determine whether the drug could be administered involuntarily solely in order to render that defendant competent to stand trial. It held that the lower courts had not met that standard and sent the case back to the lower courts where Dr. Sell underwent subsequent hearings on his competence and the use of drugs to make him competent. -- Tinned Elk ( talk) 22:48, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
The article keeps referring to someone called Self, but never mentions who this person is. Some cleanup is required. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ciderbarrel ( talk • contribs) 21:44, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
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