Gov. Parson won't stop execution of intellectually disabled Missouri man

[marble falls]

22. SCOTUS ruled in a very simple way: executing people with mental conditons that make them ...

... them unable to appreciate or understand their situation is cruel and unusual punishment.

I was a brilliant brain surgeon until a surgery on me left me with 80% of my brain and the mental age of a twelve year old. Are you still going tolet me operate on your favorite child?

I'll accept your undocumented claim: "Again, adults with low IQs living independently are very rarely violently attacking people..."- that really speaks to why he should not have been executed. Isn't it the goal of prison and execution to punish and prevent further criminality?

If he is incapable of understanding his execution, doesn't that except punishment or correction and leave only vengeance?

Executing someone just to get even has not a thing to do with justice. But mercy does.