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16 Aug 2012, 9:11 am by David
It was ruled unconstitutional to put the mentally retarded/disabled to death per the Atkins v Virginia US Supreme Court ruling of 2002. [read post]
16 Aug 2012, 4:12 am by SHG
§ 2254(a) (granting jurisdiction to the district courts to entertain "an application for a writ of habeas corpus in behalf of a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court" (emphasis added)), Wilson alleged that the sex offender registration requirements of Virginia and Texas law impose sufficiently substantial restraints on his liberty so as to amount to custody. [read post]
14 Aug 2012, 8:13 am by Steve Hall
  Here's the beginning: Last week Texas killed Marvin Wilson—the 484th person the Lone Star State has executed since the death penalty was reinstated in 1977. [read post]
9 Aug 2012, 10:26 am by Steve Hall
” On Tuesday the state of Texas decided for the tenth time to exercise the discretion allowed by the Atkins v Virginia ruling to examine claims of mental impairment to determine for itself a death row inmate’s degree of capacity, and it executed Marvin Wilson. [read post]
9 Aug 2012, 9:17 am by Steve Hall
" Texas accomplished this unrepentant bit of business despite a 2002 decision of the United States Supreme Court styled Atkins v. [read post]
6 Aug 2012, 11:17 pm by zshapiro
Therefore the State of Texas found that despite Wilson’s low IQ that he was not retarded. [read post]
6 Aug 2012, 10:58 am by Steve Hall
The 2002 ban, in Atkins v Virginia, is categorical: individuals with mental retardation cannot be put to death. [read post]
1 Aug 2012, 11:21 am by Alfred Brophy
Virginia categorically barred states from executing offenders with MR. [read post]