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  • The Play of the Year (mentally retarded boy teaches us.)

    03/24/2003 11:30:48 AM PST · by Diddley · 1 replies · 236+ views
    Sports Illustrated | Issue: Nov 18, 2002 | Sports Illustrated writer
    Jake Porter is 17, but he can't read, can barely scrawl his first name and often mixes up the letters at that. So how come we're all learning something from him? In three years on the Northwest High football team, in McDermott, Ohio, Jake had never run with the ball. Or made a tackle. He'd barely ever stepped on the field. That's about right for a kid with chromosomal fragile X syndrome, a disorder that is a common cause of mental retardation. But every day after school Jake, who attends special-ed classes, races to Northwest team practices: football, basketball, track....
  • A Football Story

    11/06/2002 6:22:59 PM PST · by jaime1959 · 13 replies · 235+ views
    The Herald Dispatch ^ | 10.24.02 | James Walker
    <p>In an age when arrogance and "Sharpie" pens steal the national spotlight, it is often the smallest, most unnoticed acts of kindness that remind us that football is merely a game.</p> <p>The story, which is destined to become legendary in Southern Ohio circles, starts in Waverly. Northwest football coach Dave Frantz and Tigers’ coach Derek DeWitt shared a conversation the week leading up to the game.</p>
  • Bond Reduced for Man Accused In Durham Group Home Scandal (Hookers for Retarded Boys)

    08/08/2002 7:12:26 AM PDT · by wimpycat · 43 replies · 278+ views
    WRAL-TV.com ^ | August 8, 2002 | AP
    <p>DURHAM, N.C. -- A man accused of hiring a prostitute for mentally retarded boys in a group home should be credited for his health-mindedness, a lawyer argued.</p> <p>David Thomas Blue provided condoms for the boys, lawyer James D. Williams told a judge Wednesday.</p>
  • Jury: Penry is not mentally retarded - Murderer sentenced to death

    07/04/2002 9:43:23 AM PDT · by MeekOneGOP · 7 replies · 967+ views
    Associated Press ^ | July 4, 2002 | Associated Press Staff
    Jury: Penry is not mentally retarded For the third time, man sentenced to die for 1979 rape, murder 07/04/2002 Associated Press CONROE, Texas - A Texas jury Wednesday rejected arguments that convicted rapist and killer Johnny Paul Penry was mentally retarded, and it sentenced him to death. Mr. Penry, 46, has twice escaped death sentences. The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the sentences in 1989 and June 2001. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on June 30 that executing mentally retarded murderers is unconstitutional, so state District Judge Elizabeth Coker told jurors Wednesday that they had to find that Mr. Penry...