A man by the name of Warren Lee Hill is going to be executed today(Tuesday). In 1990 he killed Joseph Handspike. He killed him while they were both in prison in Georgia. Warren is mentally disabled and the court denied his request for clemency. His execution isn't until 7 p.m. in Jackson, Georgia. This is really sad I don't care if he did something bad he is mentally disabled and he is being executed. There was a thing in 2002 that was passed/made that was mentally disabled people should be spared form execution. But they did go by that because in Georgia they have to "prove mental impairment". "Georgia is the only sate with reasonable-doubt standard".
""The U.S. Supreme Court says we don't put mentally retarded people to death, but we'll let the states determine who's retarded and who's not," CNN legal analyst Paul Callan said Monday."
It seems as if a lot of people are against this and his execution. Handspike's family even is saying to call off the execution. They are asking that the man that killed their loved one not to be killed. They have now involved the U.S. Supreme Court because some people want it and some don't they can't decide.
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