Jason1977
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So who gets to decide if the guy is retarded? You? A test written by "experts"? A test administered by someone who just might have some political agenda? Sorry... The guy was convicted of some really bad shit, or he wouldn't have been on death row... My sympathy is nil.
Do I get to decide? what's your IQ?
I know people out there have motives for doing things, but I also tend to not err on the side of a sort of conspiracy theory mentality in that I don't think people have 12 motives for doing x, y, z.
He was convicted. You're right. He was on death row. Evidence proved him guilty. He's still also (was) mentally retarded. Heck, I see them working at supermarkets working cash registers & bagging groceries. It's not a stretch to think it would be beyond his mental capacity to say, "15 bucks little man, put that shit in my hand, if that money doesn't show, then you owe me, owe me, owe...."
I suppose my underlying point is yeah, there's a crime, yeah there's evidence, but look at who did it. Why was the guy selling drugs? Stupid & honest enough not to screw the supplier over making him reliable, probably couldn't get work or hold a job anywhere. Someone with a gold grill in his teeth w. a sweet talker voice could have got him in there....these are the questions I'm essentially asking. As a human being I think it's essential to ask these questions before saying "f" him, he had it coming. That's the type of stuff I see in black & white movies when hicks hoot & holler in a court room shouting incoherently in anger.
Who knows what anyone's IQ is? It's all subjective.
A standardized test based on decades of research? It's subjective, maybe, but still an accurate gauge. If it's useful enough in statistics, perhaps it's useful enough in court rooms?