The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on an unintended, but predictable, consequence of the Supreme Court’s 2002 decision forbidding executions of the mentally retarded: hundreds of prisoners sentenced to death claiming for the first time that they are retarded. Pennsylvania has two bills pending to address the tens of such claims in their state, but any laws passed on the subject are surely only the source of additional litigation. (L. Stuart Ditzen, “Suddenly, prisons full of ‘retarded'”, Sep. 28; Atkins v. Virginia decision).
Increase in number of “retarded” on Death Row
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on an unintended, but predictable, consequence of the Supreme Court’s 2002 decision forbidding executions of the mentally retarded: hundreds of prisoners sentenced to death claiming for the first time that they are retarded. Pennsylvania has two bills pending to address the tens of such claims in their state, but any laws […]
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“Increase in Number of “Retarted” on Death Row”
Ted Frank writes: ?The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on an unintended, but predictable, consequence of the Supreme Court’s 2002 decision forbidding
“Increase in Number of ‘Retarded’ on Death Row”
Ted Frank writes: ?The Philadelphia Inquirer reports on an unintended, but predictable, consequence of the Supreme Court’s 2002 decision forbidding