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?
Anita Welch,
Homemaker
"The notion of executing retarded people is deeply offensive. It should be called the execution of the developmentally disabled."
Robert Ready,
Banker
"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."
Irfan Clarence,
Cashier
"You'd think judges would be lenient, since they probably were pretty easy to catch."
Don Duquette,
Truck Driver
"How can we execute criminals for actions they don't even fully comprehend? They just wanted to pet the pretty lady's soft hair."
Art Gordon,
Systems Analyst
"Do we really need to waste money and resources killing the retarded when sending them into a hedge maze would be just as effective?"
Mindy Andersen,
Reference Librarian
"Even more shocking is the fact that hundreds of these executions were carried out by a Texas governor with a 57 IQ."
