Sentence examples for of a retarded from inspiring English sources

The Supreme Court today overturned the death sentence of a retarded Texas man, Johnny Paul Penry, who in 20 years on the state's death row has become a symbol of a growing national debate over executing the mentally retarded.

In overturning the death sentence of a retarded Texas inmate, Johnny Paul Penry, on the basis of inadequate jury instruction, the Supreme Court did not address the underlying issue of whether executing the mentally retarded is "cruel and unusual punishment" within the modern meaning of the Eighth Amendment.

A1 World Briefing A10 NATIONAL A16-21 Court Voids Death Penalty For Mentally Retarded Man The Supreme Court, 6 to 3, overturned the death sentence of a retarded Texas man, Johnny Paul Penry, 45, who was convicted in 1979 of raping and murdering a 22-year-old woman.

A recent report by Human Rights Watch, titled "Mental Retardation and the Death Penalty," mentioned the case of a retarded man convicted of raping and murdering an elderly woman.

Meanwhile, the Dutch politician Geert Wilders calls Islam "the ideology of a retarded culture".

A state appeals court has thrown out the guilty plea of a retarded man in the death of a newborn who may never have existed.

Volta potential variations along the unexposed surface are attributed to variations in surface composition and resulted in an accelerated localized growth of ZnO and a retarded more uniform growth of an amorphous Cu2O-like oxide.

In April, Mr. Bush asked a court to appoint a guardian for the fetus of a severely retarded woman in Orlando, to ensure that the woman's own guardian did not allow an abortion.

To our knowledge, this is the first one-step synthesis of a fire retarded PET/TiO2 nanocomposite to be reported.

For catchments which receive water transfers from other areas, the decrease of a is retarded.

The launching of a vessel into a restricted waterway requires the application of a retarding force.