'Borderline retarded' woman to be executed in the US.

[NOX]

A woman who is described as having an IQ of 70 is to be executed in Virginia, USA for arranging the murder of her husband and his son.... Any thoughts on the rights and wrongs of judicially killing even a killer with such a low IQ and other issues?

http://uk.news.yahoo....n-in-the-3fd0ae9.html

[Answerprancer]

Well I'm anti death-sentence full stop.

[modeller]

joko IQ tests are far more than just # IQ tests are all about solving mathematical and lingusitic problems...'doing sums and spelling' etc # There are many tests which measure your ability to
appraise the situation in a logical manner. There are personality tests to measure your ability to empathise with others . Quiite simply to know right from wrong. She presumably was found to be well aware of what she was doing .

[WShee9]

...but dont also socialist countries like china percentage wise carry out a lot more judicial executions in a month than the usa does in a year?

[trt]

It wont happen!

[carmalee]

if your post 'it won't happen' trt is referring to the execution - unfortunately you are wrong - it has.

[anotheoldgit]

/// If the death penalty deterred murderers killing in the USA would have stopped years ago. It doesn't work.///

Whenever the subject of capital punishment comes up for discussion, this old chestnut is wheeled out.

'The death penalty is no deterrent for murder, because there are still murders'.

Of course it will not stop the crime of murder completely that is obvious, but who can tell how many more murders would be committed in certain states, if capital punishment was not in force.

I am convinced that if capital punishment was re-introduced in the UK, the amount of killings would be vastly reduced.

[1987mandy]

Why is it when only apprehended for serious crimes these people then cry "Mental illness" or "low iq" yet they usually are involved in complex crimes which take a high iq to execute, what became of the pentagon hacker who suddenly developed "Apergers syndrome"?

[NOX]

He didn't ' suddenly' develope Aspergers Syndrome, he'd always had it , and a lot of people with Asperger's are extremely high functioning, it's social scenarios they have difficulties with and making definitions between what is okay by 'normal' people and not okay by them.

[1987mandy]

He always had it? Can someone fake this condition?

[NOX]

why would you fake having Asperger's Syndrome? It's a form of Autism and not something anyone would fake- have you ever met anyone autistic or with this problem?

[1987mandy]

why would you fake having Asperger's Syndrome? To stop them being deported to the USA and given a 60 year jail term.
No i have no knowledge at all of these conditions, so you're saying that aspergers can be or can't be faked?

[jake-the-peg]

Talking of old chestnuts - AOG comes up with the deterrant one whenever this comes up

Does the death penalty deter people who act in a fit of rage?
Does the death penalty deter people who act whilst drunk or high?
Does the death penalty deter people who don't believe they will be caught?
Does the death penalty deter people like Raoul Moat who was quite prepared to kill himself at the end?

It seems that AOG is convinced that murders are rational people who carry out a full risk benefit analysis before acting.

Either that or he just wants the morbid satisfaction of seeing people hung

Surely not

[Snafu03]

to be fair an IQ of 70 in Virginia isnt really that low.

[Sqad]

snafu.......LOL

[cazzz1975]

autism cannot be faked.

[1987mandy]

Im asking about whether Aspergers syndrome. can be faked.

[cazzz1975]

aspergers syndrome cannot be faked.

[ummmm]

No, autism/Aspergers cannot be faked...

[1987mandy]

Ok thanks. I always thought that the pentagon hacker was lying 9 which i could understand) to stop his extradition to a 60 year sentence, looks like i was wrong and i think ill be doing a little research on Aspergers/Autism so i can be a little more knowledgeable on these conditions.