[Ophiucus]

At the risk of sounding cruel, so what if he is retarded, mildly or otherwise? So what?

He committed heinous crimes and should be executed. Once dead, he will commit no more murders - perfect prevention.

[Ditter]

You don't sound cruel to me, you sound perfectly reasonable.

I heard a comedian the other night talk about some states trying to abolish the death penalty. He said his state & mine (Texas) was putting in an express lane.

[Age of Reason]

At the risk of sounding cruel, so what if he is retarded, mildly or otherwise? So what?

I fully agree.

This guy has a genius E.Q.--Evil Quotient.

[Blood of Tyrants]

If he can understand the difference between right and wrong then he can suffer the consequences. The argument that he didn't understand the CONSEQUENCES that some might use doesn't hold water. Many criminals don't really believe that they will be caught and have to spend years in jail.