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Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Unconstitutional Statute Authorizing Forcible Medication of Involuntarily Committed Prisoner
Loaded on Oct. 1, 2020
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2020, page 43
Filed under:
Doctrine of Unconstitutional Conditions,
Antipsychotic Drugs/Forced Medication.
Location:
Wisconsin.
by Matt Clarke
On April 10, 2020, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin held unconstitutional a statute permitting an involuntarily committed prisoner to be forcibly medicated without a court finding that the prisoner was dangerous.
C.S. suffers from schizophrenia. He was convicted of mayhem as a repeat offender and sentenced to ...
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