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Article: Now Lenny can keep tending his rabbits.(LETTERS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 23, 2002
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Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The Supreme Court was right to declare the execution of mentally retarded inmates unconstitutional, for such a practice is grossly inhumane and fits within even the broadest definition of the "cruel and unusual punishments" prohibited by the Eighth Amendment ("Ruling spares retarded killers," Page One, Friday).
Although the court ruled correctly, it grounded its decision on a feeble foundation. Rather than support their conclusion with the natural law principles from which the American Constitution was derived or a close analysis of the founders' text, the justices declared ex cathedra that the Constitution no longer permits ...