Soul singer Percy Sledge dies aged 73. Soul singer Percy Sledge dies aged 73. Percy Sledge, who recorded the classic 1966 soul ballad When a Man Loves a Woman, has died aged 73. Louisiana coroner Dr William Clark confirmed that Sledge died early on Tuesday morning at his home in Baton Rouge.
New Jersey Can Forcibly Medicate Patients in Mental Institutions. Congratulations are in order to the Nurse Ratcheds of the world. The Third Circuit ruled Tuesday that New Jersey can forcibly medicate institutionalized, mentally ill patients in state custody. The appeal came after Disability Rights New Jersey challenged the forced-medication, arguing that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and the patients' due process rights.
MENTAL ILLNESS: Texas Scheduled to Execute Forcibly-Medicated Inmate. UPDATE: Execution stayed by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (May 14). Steven Staley (pictured) is scheduled to be executed in Texas on May 16, despite the likelihood that he would be deemed incompetent for execution if he was not being forcibly medicated under court order. The U.S. Supreme Court has held that it is unconstitutional to execute an inmate who is mentally incompetent.