[chuckee]

“They submitted evidence of IQ test scores of 70 and 75, as well as assessments by experts.”

All is relative. A 70 IQ earns you genius status in prison. Thus, he is smart enough to die.

[ryderann]

The cruel and unusual punishment is to the taxpayer who has to bear the cost of keeping these monsters alive, and fattening the purse of their lawyers, for decades.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

You know, we keep executing criminals and potential criminals might just decide not to do whatever it is that would get them the same result. I Death Penalty! I'm already starting to feel safer.

[metmom]

Good, then he can’t be pardoned and released to do it again by the democrats.

[a fool in paradise]

When will the Ft. Hood terrorist be going?

[nuke_road_warrior]

The Eighth Amendment bans executing people with such impairments as cruel and usual punishment

The Eighth Amendment Prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, but it does not define what constitutes cruel and unusual. It is up to the courts to determine if a punishment falls under the Eight Amendment. As the appellate process has determined that the death penalty is appropriate, that determination has been made.

[SecondAmendment]

So let me get this straight, the guy has a 70 IQ, which they claim makes him so mentally impaired he cannot be considered to be a competent, functional adult, but yet the state and or feds still gave him a CDL which enabled him to endanger thousands of people’s lives by driving an 18 wheeler?

[Jan_Sobieski]

He was smart enough to torture a child. He’s smart enough for death

[SmokingJoe]

His attorneys said Bourgeois’ execution would be unconstitutional because he is intellectually disabled and can't understand his punishment. They submitted evidence of IQ test scores of 70 and 75, as well as assessments by experts.

That "evidence" is about as valid as Dementia Joe’s “votes” in WI MI PA and GA.
In other words, they are fake, fraudulent and made up sh*t.

[irish guard]

It took UPI seven paragraphs to tell us what this guy did to receive the death penalty.

media. Kill babies....fine

media. Execute someone for heinous crimes.....let’s tell you all about why we don’t like it.

For the record, I am neither an abortion proponent nor a death penalty proponent. I like the idea of a terrible person being incarcerated to life. But, the media can help giving you their opinion embedded in the story.

[Sans-Culotte]

His attorneys said Bourgeois' execution would be unconstitutional because he is intellectually disabled and can't understand his punishment.

I have never understood this. No, he doesn't understand his punishment just like he didn't understand that he was a murderous bastard. That makes him all the more dangerous.

[Ciexyz]

The innocent child went straight to the loving arms of Jesus.

[Little Ray]

Why did this make it to the Supreme Court?
If there isn’t any new evidence or some sort of screw up at the initial trial, then deny the appeal.

[eyeamok]

They submitted evidence of IQ test scores of 70 and 75

He was a Congressman??

[hanamizu]

“...The Eighth Amendment bans executing people with such impairments as cruel and usual punishment.”

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I used to teach the Constitution, including the amendments and the words ‘mental impairments’ and low IQ do not appear. If they did, I wonder if they’d apply to the current holder of “The Office of the President-Elect”?