Monday, September 16, 2013

Disability On Death Row

The article I chose to write up on is about a disability supporter who are trying to get the death penalty in Georgia to comply with inmates due to their mental state. They argue that Georgia's judicial system is the only state who makes these high requirements to prove disability to escape death. This is important because our judicial system is a great part of this country and the death penalty is Life or Death. This may affect a person or family members of an individual who is truly mentally disabled and put to death. This piece got me interested because I feel that people can be mentally disabled and through the mistakes that they have made either due to their disability or otherwise their disabilities are being overlooked in our judicial system. I argue that there should be more lenient laws when it comes to mentally disabled inmates because they cannot always control their actions or emotions and that has to be taken into consideration. The public would be interested to know how are judicial system in Georgia is punishing our citizens and affecting the families and friends of these individuals. I'm not saying that I would set them free, I just don’t feel that the death penalty is the way to approach this situation when dealing with mentally challenged inmates. There should be an alternative or something for the individuals to endure so that can learn from their mistakes just through a different process.

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