Awesome Public Defender
Robert Hooker of Pima County
Three years ago, the court barred executions of the mentally retarded, on grounds that they violated the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
Justices left it up to states to determine whether inmates are retarded.
Pima County Public Defender Robert Hooker said he wasn't surprised by the decision, but was disappointed.
The Supreme Court has now decided to leave the decision of who is mentally retarded in the same hands as those who once determined it was OK to execute the mentally retarded - judges, Hooker said.
"This means a lot more mentally retarded people are going to be killed,"
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2 comments:
Why isnt it okay to execute the retarded? And how retarded is too retarded before its not okay to execute? Why do I get the feeling you would rather get rid of that nuissance of judges alltogether. That way you can persuade a jury of retards to agree with you. Makes life easier, hmmmm.
Um, Gosh Ben.
You know something--juries find facts. That's what they do, and retardation is a question of fact, or did the fact law distincton escape you?
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