"defendant" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Supporters of the legislation say Texas has executed six mentally retarded defendants since 1976.
- Presently, four states bar the use of the death penalty against mentally retarded defendants.
- In addition, mentally retarded defendants most often find it difficult, and sometimes impossible, to participate effectively in their own defense.
- During the study, however, the authors found that mentally retarded criminal defendants often suffered from a combination of disorders, such as:
- Even when mentally retarded defendants are clearly guilty, it is extremely difficult to determine their level of culpability.
- Lawyers who have represented mentally retarded defendants who were executed, as well as the families of those people, said the ruling was bittersweet.
- Moreover, their impairments can jeopardize the reliability and fairness of capital proceedings against mentally retarded defendants.
- New York is one of 13 states that has banned the execution of mentally retarded defendants.
- In the United States, 25 states permit the execution of people with mental retardation, and 34 mentally retarded defendants have been executed since 1976.
- Thirteen states now prohibit the execution of mentally retarded defendants, and only a few other countries continue this barbaric practice.
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