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Determining Mental Retardation in Pennsylvania

By Steve Hall

Today's Pennsylvania roundup contains an editorial and news report on the question of mental retardation determination and  a news story on recent execution warrants signed by the governor; executions that likely will not happen. "Wrong debate on execution," is the title of an editorial in the Scranton Times-Tribune.State-level politicians across the country often tinker around the edges of the death penalty but rarely get to the heart of the matter, even though the issues they debate raise doubts about the soundness of the death sentence itself.While the fundamental debate about execution often is framed around the question of whether the state has the moral authority to conduct executions, the practical issue is whether the death penalty fairly can be applied...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on August 30, 2010 (boomark / email).