Posts Tagged ‘Mentally Retarded’
Execution in Texas
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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Forthcoming Execution in Texas Stirs National Debate
A man convicted in the state of Texas of molesting and killing his former girlfriend’s daughter is scheduled to be executed today unless the Supreme Court agrees to hear his case. The man, Bobby Wayne Woods, has an IQ in the range of someone mentally retarded. Courts have refused to recognize him as so, but his lawyer claims that he is mentally retarded and therefore should be spared execution.
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Posted by hcdmedia