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I was about to get more animated over the execution of a mentally retarded man, but then I recalled that the median intelligence quotient in Texas is 60 and my anger subsided a bit.
I was about to get more animated over the execution of a mentally retarded man, but then I recalled that the median intelligence quotient in Texas is 60 and my anger subsided a bit.
When it comes to matters of life and death, Government knows best
He'd never be a taxpayer anyway.
Well taxpayers in Texas spent more on putting him to death than they would have ever paid making him spend the rest of his life in prison or a mental hospital. I guess to Texans this is money well spent?
I was about to get more animated over the execution of a mentally retarded man, but then I recalled that the median intelligence quotient in Texas is 60 and my anger subsided a bit.
Edward Marshall, a Texas assistant attorney general, said records showed that Wilson habitually gave less than full effort (on the testing) and "was manipulative and deceitful when it suited his interest," and that the state considered his ability to show personal independence and social responsibility in making its determinations.
"Considering Wilson's drug-dealing, street-gambler, criminal lifestyle since an early age, he was obviously competent at managing money, and not having a 9-to-5 job is no critical failure," Marshall said. "Wilson created schemes using a decoy to screen his thefts, hustled for jobs in the community, and orchestrated the execution of the snitch, demonstrating inventiveness, drive and leadership."
He was smart enough to kill, no? Is it any relief to the victim's family that their loved one was killed by someone with a low IQ? If low IQ is reason enough not to execute, is it also reason enough to just set him free?
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