This is a slam dunk. If you're mentally retarded then you're not likely to be capable of mounting a well-crafted case in court to prove it.
"If you're mentally retarded then you're not likely to be capable of mounting a well-crafted case in court to prove it."
It's also doubtful that you made it to adulthood without your condition being discovered. If a person manages to make to to 30 without ever being diagnosed as having some mental defiency, odds are that they don't have one.
It is the testing and the scores that get scrutiny. You have to hit the numbers right on the mark. If you don't, your lawyer can find experts who will interpret your test results and try to explain them to a layman.
I know of a case in GA where a retarded man is being charged with solicitation in a sting operation. Problem is, he probably didn't know what solicitation actually meant, not to mention it is highly probable that while the prosecutor is trying to read intent into his actions, there really was none. His doctor is trying to explain to the court that this man didn't actually have a mature understanding of intimate human relationships.
All in all, it is a mess. I've no idea how the court will rule. But the doctor has told me that the decision will probably come down to a hair's width, when determining actual guilt.
"This is a slam dunk. If you're mentally retarded then you're not likely to be capable of mounting a well-crafted case in court to prove it."
Absolutely. The more retarded, the more difficult to prove it. Insane.