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Death Penalty Doubts Allayed: Brain Dysfunction Does Not Always Equal Retardation  


Author:  Fred Cohen.


Source: Volume 10, Number 01, May/June 2008 , pp.9-9(1)




Correctional Mental Health Report

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Abstract: 

A unanimous Supreme Court of Georgia upholds the death penalty for a mentally compromised prisoner who was 19 years of age at the time of the offense.

Keywords: Rogers v. Georgia, 653 S.E.2d 31, Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304

Affiliations:  1: Executive Editor.

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