Part Two, Liberty and Equality, June 27 2015
Death Penalty
In this one, the SCOTUS spanked the hands of
participants in the lower Louisiana courts. Those silly southerners thought
that KEVAN, a guy who has an IQ of 75, a fourth-grade reading level, and a
childhood history of prescribed numerous medications, being treated at
psychiatric hospitals as a child and placed in special education classes, WAS
NOT INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED. You see, we cannot execute a guy who is intellectually
disabled no matter that he ambushed and murdered an off-duty
Baton Rouge cop who was Warrick Dunn's mother. Dunn played football for a
Catholic High School team, Florida State University, and selected as the first
round of the 1997 NFL Draft for Atlanta and then as the 12th overall pick by
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. His mother was killed two days after Dunn’s 18th
birthday.
Federal law requires that a death penalty may not be exercised or imposed upon an individual who has presented a “reasonable ground” to believe he/she has an intellectual disability. Louisiana defines an intellectual disability as “(1) subaverage intelligence,./..(2) significant impairment in several areas of adaptive skills, .... and (3) manifestations of this neuro-psychological disorder in the developmental stage.” (Hey, wait a minute! I might have ..... )
SCOTUS said, "Louisiana Judges!! --you have to pay attention to Kevan because WE determine that he ain't right!!" No, what they said, I think, is, we think Kevan has proven his REASONABLE GROUNDS to find that he is intellectually disabled therefore, he is INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED. No, wait a minute.... does that mean the SCOTUS did the work for the Louisiana Courts? No, it just reprimanded the Courts and told the Louisiana local federal prosecutor that he/she did not do enough to protect the LIBERTY interests of WARREN'S mother!!
Is this a political twist of SCOTUS, media double-speak or something else manufactured by the SCOTUS or the media? Neither! It is simply SCOTUS telling the Louisiana Court to word their death sentence findings in orders to ensure that STATE and FEDERAL law is followed. Smacks of LIBERTY, the right to due process, and EQUALITY of the application of State laws that impinge (severely, in this case, by death) on those rights. Kevan gets to live at Louisiana taxpayer expense with occupational training to make light bulbs for government welfare programs and guaranteed health care, three hots and a cot. Warren gets to continue suffering for the loss of his mother and licking his wounds for a failed NFL career. Who wins?
Federal law requires that a death penalty may not be exercised or imposed upon an individual who has presented a “reasonable ground” to believe he/she has an intellectual disability. Louisiana defines an intellectual disability as “(1) subaverage intelligence,./..(2) significant impairment in several areas of adaptive skills, .... and (3) manifestations of this neuro-psychological disorder in the developmental stage.” (Hey, wait a minute! I might have ..... )
SCOTUS said, "Louisiana Judges!! --you have to pay attention to Kevan because WE determine that he ain't right!!" No, what they said, I think, is, we think Kevan has proven his REASONABLE GROUNDS to find that he is intellectually disabled therefore, he is INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED. No, wait a minute.... does that mean the SCOTUS did the work for the Louisiana Courts? No, it just reprimanded the Courts and told the Louisiana local federal prosecutor that he/she did not do enough to protect the LIBERTY interests of WARREN'S mother!!
Is this a political twist of SCOTUS, media double-speak or something else manufactured by the SCOTUS or the media? Neither! It is simply SCOTUS telling the Louisiana Court to word their death sentence findings in orders to ensure that STATE and FEDERAL law is followed. Smacks of LIBERTY, the right to due process, and EQUALITY of the application of State laws that impinge (severely, in this case, by death) on those rights. Kevan gets to live at Louisiana taxpayer expense with occupational training to make light bulbs for government welfare programs and guaranteed health care, three hots and a cot. Warren gets to continue suffering for the loss of his mother and licking his wounds for a failed NFL career. Who wins?
