Yes! Next, the mentally disabled.
Mar. 1st, 2005 10:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
novapsycheThe Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Constitution forbids the execution of killers who were under 18 when they committed their crimes, ending a practice used in 19 states.
Edit: I should have read the article more fully before I posted. It seems they have struck down executions of mentally disabled people. Why is it, then, that I feel I recently (as in, within the last two years) have recollections of developmentally disabled people being put to death? Maybe I'm thinking back too far.
Edit: I should have read the article more fully before I posted. It seems they have struck down executions of mentally disabled people. Why is it, then, that I feel I recently (as in, within the last two years) have recollections of developmentally disabled people being put to death? Maybe I'm thinking back too far.