From 1977 through 1998, many mentally retarded offenders have been executed. Here is a fairly comprehensive list. jt ================== Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 11:57:23 -0600 From: Rick Halperin To: ABOLISH@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU Subject: death penalty news--USA executions/mental retardation Persons with Mental Retardation executed since 1977: Arthur Goode, III Illinois Ivon Ray Stanley Georgia James Dupree Henry Florida Morris Odell Mason Virginia James Terry Roach South Carolina Jerome Bowden Georgia Willie Celestine Louisiana John Brogdon Louisiana Horace Dunkins Alabama Alton Waye Virginia Johnny Ray Anderson Texas Dalton Prejean Louisiana Ricky Ray Rector Arkansas Johnny Frank Garrett Texas Robert Alton Harris California Billy Dwayne White Texas Nollie Lee Martin Florida Ricky Lee Grubbs Missouri Cornelius Singleton Alabama Rabert Wayne Sawyer Louisiana William Henry Hance Georgia Mario Marquez Texas Willie Clisby Alabama Varnell Weeks Alabama Girvies Davis Illinois Sylvester Adams South Carolina Barry Lee Fairchild Arkansas Walter Milton Correll Virginia Luis Mata Arizona John Earl Bush Florida Terry Washington Texas Tony Mackall Virginia Reginald Powell Missouri ------------------------------------ Total 33 States which Forbid the Execution of Persons with Mental Retardation: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Tennessee, Washington, Federal Gov't. (New York forbids the execution of a person with mental retardation unless that person was incarcerated at the time of the crime) (source: Death Penalty Information Center)