Huntsville -
Ignoring its own ruling that prohibits the execution of mentally retarded individuals, the United States Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the appeal of a Texas man with an IQ of 61 convicted of murdering a police drug informant.
Huntsville -
Despite a Supreme Court ruling banning the death penalty for mentally retarded individuals, Texas is set to execute a man with an IQ of 61 and the intellectual capacity of a seven-year-old.