Guyer quoted on forced medication ruling in Loughner case

Melvin J. Guyer, Ph.D, J.D., professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, commented on a July 12 federal appeals court ruling that Tuscon shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner can refuse anti-psychotic medication that prison officials had forced him to take. 'state and federal courts have faced these questions in a line of precedent-setting cases, including a line of cases from the U.S. Supreme Court that seek to balance the constitutional rights of persons to refuse forced psychotropic medication as against the right of the state to control dangerous behaviors," Guyer told ABC News.