Posted on 06/26/2002 11:11:09 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:54:59 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
One can agree (or not) with last week's 6-3 ruling by the Supreme Court that the death penalty should not apply to retarded citizens because it violates the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against "cruel and unusual punishment," and still be troubled by the twisted road the court took to reach its destination.
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