The Death Penalty and The Mentally Retarded - a brief overview of the injustice of allowing mentally retarded persons to be put to death under the death penalty
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Words: 1977
Pages: 7
(approximately 235 words/page)
Pages: 7
(approximately 235 words/page)
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The Death Penalty and The Mentally Retarded
In the U.S. today the estimated amount of people suffering from mental retardation ranges from six to eight million people. A very controversial issue dealing with this segment of society is whether or not they should have to face the death penalty. Many people believe in an "eye for an eye", that if they kill someone then they should die also. The question arises, what if the …
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showed first 75 words of 1977 total
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…we continue to ignore the facts then how can the U.S. grow as a young nation in the world? For all of these reasons capital punishment of the mentally retarded should be stopped, and an alternate punishment should be enforced, such as time in a mental institute. Everyone, including the people on death row would be better off and American would finally have the weight of this injustice to society off of their shoulders.
…we continue to ignore the facts then how can the U.S. grow as a young nation in the world? For all of these reasons capital punishment of the mentally retarded should be stopped, and an alternate punishment should be enforced, such as time in a mental institute. Everyone, including the people on death row would be better off and American would finally have the weight of this injustice to society off of their shoulders.
