The Court in Ford v. Wainwright said an insane person has the mental capacity for the type of preparation that is necessary to secure peace for him or herself if he or she is to receive the death penalty sentence.

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In Ford v. Wainwright, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Eighth Amendment prohibits the state from executing a person who is insane, recognizing that such an individual cannot rationally understand the reason for the execution, thus failing to achieve any retributive purpose.

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