Article: RUSSIA: POWER CUT TO PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, SCHOOL FOR MENTALLY RETARDED IN CHITA.(Brief Article)

Transcript: Profile: Texas governor vetos bill barring execution of ...
NPR All Things Considered;  June 18, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... governor vetos bill barring execution of mentally retarded Host: ROBERT SIEGEL Time: 9:00 ... Perry's veto of a ban on executing mentally retarded people convicted of capital crimes ... When should a person be considered mentally retarded, and who should get to decide ...

Article: Supreme Court bans execution of mentally retarded.
San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, Calif.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service);  June 20, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Thursday banned the execution of the mentally retarded, opening the door for new legal ... high court found that executing the mentally retarded is cruel and unusual punishment ... decision that permitted executing mentally retarded killers. The court based Thursday ...

Article: High Court Will Review 4 New Cases; Mentally ...
The Washington Post;  October 20, 1992 ;     700+ words ... ... Kentucky law that makes it harder for a mentally retarded adult to fight commitment to a state ... mentally ill person. A group of mentally retarded citizens contends the Kentucky law ... Court of Appeals agreeing with the mentally retarded citizens that Kentucky breached the ...

Transcript: Profile: Texas governor considers a bill that would ban the ...
NPR Morning Edition;  June 12, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... would ban the death penalty for the mentally retarded Host: BOB EDWARDS Time: 10:00 ... would ban the death penalty for the mentally retarded. Of the 38 states that allow the ... bill to ban the execution of the mentally retarded. Now he's doing all he can to ...

Article: Court: Executing mentally retarded ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  June 21, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... declared Thursday that executing mentally-retarded murderers is unconstitutionally cruel ... be converted to life in prison. Mentally-retarded people should still be tried and ... opinion. The ruling is confined to mentally retarded defendants convicted of murder and ...

Article: Often-Silent Group Moves to Make Its Voice Heard;Mentally ...
The Washington Post;  June 22, 1990 ;     700+ words ...Fifty-six mentally retarded men and women who grew up locked ... District's institution for the mentally retarded, was among them. "It is a ... was part of an effort to teach mentally retarded people to become advocates for ...

Article: MENTALLY RETARDED DESERVE BETTER Series: DEADLY ...
Dayton Daily News;  February 5, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... how it cares for its almost 63,000 mentally retarded residents. But those changes and ... spotlights how vulnerable the mentally retarded are. Thousands of adult mentally retarded individuals, many of them medically ...