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Life for man who led to ban on executing retarded

A Virginia death row inmate whose case led to the national ban on executing the mentally retarded will spend life in prison because prosecutors withheld evidence in his 1998 trial, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

Commuting of Va. Death Sentence Delayed

A man in the center of a case that led to the U.S. Supreme Court banning execution of the mentally retarded will remain on death row for now.

Death to Life in Retardation Case

A death row inmate whose case led to the U.S. Supreme Court banning execution of the mentally retarded has had his sentence commuted to life in prison.

Ky. aides accused of abusing Patients

Before she worked at Kentucky's largest center for mentally retarded adults, Dee Sumpter carried out groceries at Kroger and sewed elastic onto women's underwear at a factory.

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POLITICO: Sen Olympia Snowe to POTUS: Give us more time on health care
Source: Politico

"…I said to the president please give us the time, come back after the New Year..."

Vital Signs
Source: The American Spectator

Well, I have a 53-year-old brother. He's autistic and due to a doctor's mistake, now retarded as well. He's also invalid due to many seizures, in bed and cared for by a family member who quit his job to be my brother's solitary caretaker.

Bailout Highlights

Here are some interesting (as in completely unrelated to Wall Street) sections of the bill that our (the American taxpayers) $700 Billion will be going to: Sec. 211. Transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters

Iraq: "Al-Qaeda is targeting orphans, street children and mentally disabled children as suicide bomber recruits as well as women"
Source: Jihad Watch

Jihad for the retarded? For centuries the world has considered the "Insane" and the "Retarded," in some strange way of labeling people with pschological defect ,as "similar," if not the same. The jihadists have put a new spin on the insane running the mentally retarded ward!

My countrymen are retarded.

Retarded: slow or limited in intellectual or emotional development or academic progress.

'R-word' sets off protests
Source: Chicago Tribune

The way some people are griping about the jokes in that hilarious new Ben Stiller movie " Tropic Thunder" is totally retarded. What? That sentence offended you? C'mon, it's a joke. It's satire, thus the flippant use of the word "retarded" is perfectly fine.

Who you calling "retarded?"

Ok, so I've read many-a-response online today to this new movie "Tropic Thunder" So before i start on my argument that this country is slowly becoming communist, let me first give you how this movie relates to me... just bare with me, I'm going somewhere.

The Body-laptop interface - Is this thing for real?
Source: Engadget

Now you can privately use your laptop in public, just get your grandma to knit you one of these.

Headmaster attacks special needs student
Source: thisisgloucestershire.co.uk

A Head teacher who grabbed a special needs child in the face in a fit of rage was yesterday banned from working with children.David MacDonald, 53, exploded after accusing the child, who was under 10, of refusing to work and resting his head on his arm at a desk.

Fiction: Duck Soup for Breakfast?

Old Ben woke to the sounds of traffic on the bridge above. He peeked out slowly from behind the newspaper that was covering his head to observe the sun rise golden across the river. Rush hour was just starting. It would get much noisier very soon. Everyone would be up.

Doh! The 25 Worst Websites on the Net
Source: PC World

This is an interesting compilation...I agree with most, but I didn't see a few that I thought needed to be there. Amen to Dancing Baby, though. Jeez.

Man had sex with mentally retarded daughter
Source: theeagle.com

Man had sex with mentally retarded daughter A 48-year-old Brazos County man remained in jail Saturday after being accused of having sex with his 27-year-old mentally retarded daughter....

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