mental retardation

Texas uses Steinbeck’s “Lenny” to determine mental capacity for death penalty

Steinbecks: Leave Lennie alone “The author’s family protests after Texas uses “Of Mice and Men” to evaluate whether the retarded can be executed Last night Texas shocked the world with the execution of 54-year-old Marvin Wilson, a mentally retarded man with an IQ of 61. Despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2002 ruling in Atkins v. Virginia, which banned … Continue reading →