Gabriel City » killer http://gabrielcity.com Gabriel City is a community for the tens of millions of Americans directly affected by our criminal justice system. We come together to share our stories and help to shape new ones. Inmates and the formerly incarcerated, family members of those serving time, men and women under community supervision, professionals in criminal justice and corrections, and the victims of crime; we support and respect each other as we work to break the endless cycle of crime and incarceration that afflicts our nation. Wed, 06 Jul 2011 19:18:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Execution in Texas http://gabrielcity.com/news-and-journalism/execution-in-texas.html http://gabrielcity.com/news-and-journalism/execution-in-texas.html#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:13:44 +0000 hcdmedia http://gabrielcity.com/?p=2544 Bobby Wayne Woods was executed yesterday in Texas  after serving on death row for the molestation and killing of his ex-girlfriend’s daughter. Lawyers fiercely debated the constitutionality of Woods’ execution because his IQ hovered around the range of a mentally retarded person. The Supreme Court refused to hear his case.

In 2002 the Supreme Court ruled in the case of Atkins vs Virginia that the mentally impaired could not be given the death penalty, however left the evaluation of this impairment up to the states. The IQ cutoff for mental impairment varies by state.

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