Competency evaluation (law)
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competency-evaluation-law-196-3777321
title:
Competency evaluation (law)
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In the United States criminal justice system, a competency evaluation is an assessment of the ability of a defendant to understand and rationally participate in a court process. Competency was originally established by the Supreme Court of the United States as the evaluation of a defendant's competence to proceed to trial. In a subsequent ruling, the Court held that any prisoner facing the death penalty must be evaluated as competent to be executed, meaning that he must be capable of understandi
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The means used to determine if a criminal defendant is competent to stand trial
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competency_evaluation_(law)
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2023-12-19T19:38:18Z
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