I was watching a rerun of one of my favorite shows (Desperate Housewives) and a mother was talking about how her son, that had mental disabilities, had killed a girl he liked. She was keeping him locked up in the basement so he wouldn't have to face the death penalty. This made me think about our assignment about something controversial.
In 2000, thirteen states had separate laws banning the death penalty for people with mental retardation. Is this right? I personally think people with severe mental disabilities should not be put to death. If they have the mental age of 2 in a 20 year-old's body, this can happen and they have no idea what they are doing. A person's mental age should over rule their physical age. Others that might oppose these laws could say that the person still killed someone and should have the same punishment as others. What do you think about the topic?
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