in February 1992, Dahmer was sentenced to life in prison, but in November 1994, Dahmer himself was murdered by a prison inmate. Dahmer’s case is a classic in proving that no matter how horrific the crime, they seldom go unpunished.
With mental retardation come disabilities in areas of reasoning, judgement and control of one‘s impulses. These facts bring up the question of can a person mentally
retarded be held fully responsible for his or her actions? In June 2002, the supreme
court ruled in the Atkins V. Virginia case that the execution of the mentally retarded was a violation to the eighth amendments ban on cruel and unusual punishment. in 1984, Earl Washington, a man with an lQ of a 10 year old child because of his mental disabilities,
With mental retardation come disabilities in areas of reasoning, judgement and control of one‘s impulses. These facts bring up the question of can a person mentally
retarded be held fully responsible for his or her actions? In June 2002, the supreme
court ruled in the Atkins V. Virginia case that the execution of the mentally retarded was a violation to the eighth amendments ban on cruel and unusual punishment. in 1984, Earl Washington, a man with an lQ of a 10 year old child because of his mental disabilities,