Supreme Court Decisions And Overview Of Capital Punishment For The Mentally Retarded.

Examines 1989 and 2001 Supreme Court decisions in Penry v. Lynaugh and Penry v. Johnson that executing persons with mental retardation does not violate the Eighth Amendment but that mental retardation should be a mitigating factor to be considered by the jury during sentencing.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2001.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Capital punishment. Judge-made law. Intellectual disability. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Examines 1989 and 2001 Supreme Court decisions in Penry v. Lynaugh and Penry v. Johnson that executing persons with mental retardation does not violate the Eighth Amendment but that mental retardation should be a mitigating factor to be considered by the jury during sentencing.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.