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To: grjr21
Two psychiatrists and a psychologist testified as defense witnesses that he is so severely mentally ill that he does not comprehend his looming execution or the reasons for the death sentence.

Tough noogies.

He had it together enough to load, aim and fire a weapon and kill THIRTEEN people.

All three experts testified that, in their opinion, Banks is not mentally competent under the standards set forth by the U.S. Supreme Court in the 1986 Florida case of Ford v. Wainwright, which held that the Constitution bars the execution of the insane.

BS!

The Constitution says no such thing.

I'm SO sick of these animals getting a free ride for life on the taxpayer's back because they were too young or crazy to 'know what they were doing'

They DID IT!

That's all that should matter.

7 posted on 02/01/2006 5:41:21 AM PST by MamaTexan (I am NOT a ~legal entity~, nor am I a *person* as created by law!)
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To: MamaTexan

If someone cannot be held accountable for his actions, then he is unfit to walk in society ever without a legal guardian who WILL be held accountable for not keeping a beast under control.


15 posted on 02/01/2006 5:59:57 AM PST by weegee (Happy Holidays! Tis the season of MLK, Chinese New Year, Tet, Valentine's, Presidents...)
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