Icarus Joins Effort to Stop Forced Drugging in Wisconsin
Submitted by Icarus Project on Sun, 04/04/2010 - 10:34pm
https://site.icarusprojectarchive.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19133&highlight=john+wood
Wisconsin Icarista Christin Light writes:
Last week, the Wisconsin State Supreme Court upheld a forced treatment order for a man named John Wood who is currently in Mendota Mental Health Institute. His lawyer was questioning the constitutionality of a statute because "it violates due process by allowing involuntary medication without finding if a person is a danger and fails to require a periodic review." 2 justices agreed with this but ultimately, it was a 5/2 vote in maintaining his forced medication and the statute.
Here are some links about the case:
http://www.leagle.com/unsecure/page.htm?shortname=inwico20100319e06
The actions that I know we have taken thus far are:
-contacting Jim Gottstein to get his legal opinion
-looking into how to get in contact with John himself at Mendota
-contacting MindFreedom to notify them of the situation
-contacting the reporter who wrote that article from last July in the Isthmus to see if would interest her to write a story about this case