Executing The Mentally Disabled
The U.S. Supreme Court is currently hearing a case challenging the constitutionality of the death penalty for retarded individuals. What do you think?
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The notion of executing retarded people is deeply offensive. It should be called the execution of the developmentally disabled.
Anita Welch
Homemaker -
I'd rather see these killers executed than force the American taxpayer to spend thousands on lemon cookies and safety scissors for the next 50 years.
Robert Ready
Banker -
You'd think judges would be lenient, since they probably were pretty easy to catch.
Irfan Clarence
Cashier -
How can we execute criminals for actions they don't even fully comprehend? They just wanted to pet the pretty lady's soft hair.
Don Duquette
Truck Driver -
Do we really need to waste money and resources killing the retarded when sending them into a hedge maze would be just as effective?
Art Gordon
Systems Analyst -
Even more shocking is the fact that hundreds of these executions were carried out by a Texas governor with a 57 IQ.
Mindy Andersen
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