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Arkansas Governor Mulls Clemency Recomendation

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The Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports, "Beebe: Still looking at facts in clemency case."He has said a court should determine whether a criminal defendant is mentally retarded, but Gov. Mike Beebe on Thursday left open the possibility that he?d evaluate that in deciding whether to cut the sentence of Frank Williams Jr. from death to life. ?I read the [trial ] testimony from start to finish,? Beebe told reporters after an event in Little Rock. ?That is a factor that weighs heavily on my decisionmaking. While the courts usually make that decision [on mental retardation ], I still have a responsibility to look at all the factors that could lend themselves to a decision that someone may be mentally retarded to the point whether or not it would affect whether you stay an execution...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 08, 2008 (boomark / email).