Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates April 2003 No. 4 Vol. 6
Forced Sanity

Forced Sanity

State-Ordered Administration of Medication Before Trial

Excerpt

Charles T. Sell was charged with Medicaid and insurance fraud, and found unfit to stand trial. He was ordered to take antipsychotic medicine. Sell argued there is a fundamental right to be free from state-administered potentially mind-altering drugs.

In This Issue

Can the State Forcibly Administer Antipsychotic Drugs to a Defendant Charged With a Nonviolent Felony So He Can Stand Trial?

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