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US Supreme Court Holds Forced Drugging of Mentally Ill Prisoner Not Unconstitutional
The U.S. Supreme Court held that the forced medication of a mentally ill
prisoner did not violate substantive due process, nor was the issue moot
merely because the prisoner was not currently being forcibly medicated. A
Washington state prisoner with a history of mental illness brought a §1983
action alleging …
prisoner did not violate substantive due process, nor was the issue moot
merely because the prisoner was not currently being forcibly medicated. A
Washington state prisoner with a history of mental illness brought a §1983
action alleging …
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