Lawyers sidebar Posted on 25 September 2009 Florida Supreme Court Justice Barbara Pariente, center, shares a moment with University of Miami School of Law Dean Patricia D. White, left, and Bruce J. Winick, Silver-Rubenstein Distinguished Professor of Law and professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, during the dedication ceremony for the school’s new Therapeutic...
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Abstract: The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent death penalty jurisprudence displays the Court’s willingness to invalidate the death penalty for certain offenses or classes of offenders, including those with mental retardation and those who were under eighteen at the time of the offense. The Court has noted that the death penalty in these cases constitutes...
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Professor Winick will be a speaker on two panels at a symposium titled Mental Health and Juvenile Justice: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Forensic Cases hosted by the University of Miami Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. The first panel, at 1:30 pm is entitled Juvenile Shackling: The Legal and Psychological Perspectives. The other...
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