On the same day that Arkansas executes a mentally ill prisoner forced to take medication to become same enough to be executed, the California Supreme Court rules that former prisoners who are still in state custody for mental health reasons can't be forced to take medication:

Mentally ill former prisoners who are held in state hospitals after completing their sentences have the right to refuse psychiatric medication unless they are incompetent or dangerous, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday.

In a 6-1 decision, the court said ex-cons held for treatment under the state's Mentally Disordered Offender Act have the same right as current prisoners to reject drugs unless a judge decides they are incapable of making an informed decision, or recent incidents show they are dangerous to themselves or others.

Does anyone else see a disconnect here?

[Ed. name of court corrected--it was not the 9th Cir. but the Calif. Supreme Court]