06-03-2012, 09:30 AM
the rationale for the Supreme Court's correct decision is that the mentally ill and/or the retarded have the minds of children. children who have not attained the age of reason or who know right from wrong. or the consequences of their acts. the line had to be drawn somewhere. we don't execute children either. if a capital crime is committed by someone under age 18 they cannot be executed, even if tried as an adult.