Fla. Death Sentence Vacated Because Of Low IQ (WTH?!)

WESH 2 Orlando ^ | January 5, 2010

[jimt]

There are people that don't have the cognitive ability to understand how to dress themselves, or feed themselves who could conceivably murder someone. Should they be put to death?

If they murder someone with premeditation, or during the comission of a violent crime, certainly. How stupid they are is immaterial.

Killing them insures that they'll never do it again.

[surfer]

Who cares what his IQ is? If we have a death penalty and someone is sentenced and isn’t exonerated in any way...then why not enforce it regardless of how smart they are?

If they are a genius criminal should we kill them more slowly or something...lol...oh wait Obama, Van Jones want to hire those criminals...I almost forgot. I never understood the insanity or low IQ defense - the person still did the crime...they should do the time.

If we don’t have the stomach for a death penalty then just put them away for life.

[Lurking Libertarian]

If we don’t have the stomach for a death penalty then just put them away for life.

That's what the Court did in this case. They didn't set him free, they reduced his death sentence to life imprisonment.

[surfer]

But why even have the death penalty - the costs to prosecute, incarcerate and defend a death penalty conviction are very high if they are not going to make it stick and enforce it.