Psychologist Dr. George Denkowski was recently reprimanded and fined by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. The psychologist had examined a number of death row inmates for intellecutal disabilities and found 16 to be suitable for execution, two of whom were subsequently put to death.
"There’s absolutely no scientific basis to his procedure,” said Marc J. Tassé, director of the Ohio State University Nisonger Center and an expert in developmental disabilities.
The unscientific methods used by Denkowski have been criticised by others in the field, and he has agreed not to conduct intellecutal disability evaluations in future criminal cases, on top of a $5,500 fine as part of a settlement.
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