Solesbee v. Balkcom (1950) was one of two cases that challenged the constitutionality of capital punishment prior to 1968. What was the issue addressed in this case?

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Solesbee v. Balkcom (1950) was one of two cases that challenged the constitutionality of capital punishment prior to 1968. What was the issue addressed in this case?

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German Walter · Answer 1

Whether a governor is allowed to determine an inmates sanity where finding an inmate insane would prevent his or her execution

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The Solesbee v. Balkcom (1950) was a case where a state in its policy was against the execution of convicts who goes insane after being convicted and sentenced. According to this case, under the Fourteenth Amendment, such is not considered denial of due process if the governor is vested with the power to determine if a convict is insane after sentence or not, and if he is actually insane, a governor should be the one to say if the convict is to put in an insane asylum.