To: ambrose
the convicted killer is mentally incompetent and should not be put to death...
Ironic, isn't it!
5 posted on
03/23/2005 10:35:07 AM PST by
The Great Yazoo
("Happy is the boy who discovers the bent of his life-work during childhood." Sven Hedin)
To: The Great Yazoo
Terri's "brain-dead" and one is mind-boggled over the enthusiastic rush to kill her. But a mentally retarded murderer deserves to be spared cause he doesn't know right from wrong. Why the hypocrisy?
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".) 10 posted on
03/23/2005 10:40:48 AM PST by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: The Great Yazoo
Court bars executing retarded
In a landmark 6-to-3 decision, the US Supreme Court Thursday declared a constitutional prohibition on imposing capital punishment on convicted murderers and other capital defendants who are deemed to be mentally retarded. The court ruled that such death sentences amounted to a form of cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment.
15 posted on
03/23/2005 10:45:03 AM PST by
MamaLucci
(Libs, want answers on 911? Ask Clinton why he met with Monica more than with his CIA director.)
To: The Great Yazoo
The irony is beyond the pale. (or is it "pail"?)
Anyway, it really is.
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