Amy Goodman
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Ignoring Supreme Court Ruling, Texas Prepares to Execute Mentally Retarded Prisoner
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August 7, 2012
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8:10Now PlayingDemocracyNow.org - Texas is preparing to kill death row prisoner Marvin Wilson tonight despite a 2002 Supreme Court ruling against the execution of the mentally retarded. Wilson was convicted of murdering Jerry Williams during a 1992 fight. His IQ is just 61, far below the cutoff of 70 that proves he is mentally impaired and therefore ineligible for the death penalty. But Texas argues the IQ test was improperly administered and federal appeals courts have declined to overturn the state's decision. We're joined by attorney Lee Kovarsky, who has spent the past six years working on Wilson's appeals, largely pro-bono; and by Richard Dieter, Executive Director of the Death Penalty Information Center, a nonprofit group that works to educate the public about capital punishment.
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