Sentence examples for retardation issue from inspiring English sources

"And we had discussed from time to time just the mental retardation issue".

In insisting that jurors be permitted to give full consideration to any mitigating evidence a capital defendant presents, the decision today, Penry v. Johnson, No. 00-6677, was not limited to the retardation issue.

Among those filing briefs were the European Union and a group of former senior American diplomats, who said that because the United States "is the only established democracy in the world that is known regularly to execute people with mental retardation," the issue had become a foreign policy problem.

A review of several similar cases in New York State found that prosecutors have generally agreed not to seek the death penalty in those in which mental retardation was an issue, even when the defendant was considered very mildly retarded.

The effect of the maternal HF or C diet persisted in the two genders: the growth retardation of pups issued from HF dams, which averaged 32% of body weight at weaning, was partially caught up and represented about 17% in male and 12% in female pups.

However it was noted that administration is difficult in children with mental retardation or behavioral issues.

The prosecutor's conclusions about Mr. Godineaux may well affect what he does with Mr. Taylor, even though retardation is not at issue with him.

He noted that it took ten years after his initial conviction for Mr Hall's lawyers to raise the issue of retardation.

When his appellate lawyers, who found the school records and other evidence of retardation, tried to raise the issue in federal court, they were barred from doing so, because the issue had not been raised during the trial.

It may not be that simple, legal experts say; the often-misunderstood issue of mental retardation can increase, rather than lessen, the complexity of a death penalty case.

Mr. Penry's lawyers are asking the court to consider whether the jury was given the opportunity to consider the issues of mental retardation and child abuse as mitigating factors in deciding to sentence Mr. Penry to death.