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more about #texas more comments → Adah: If it were my kid who got raped, I'd have no problem with this. Mentally retarded or not, the guy obviously needs to be locked up somewhere and kept a... more » shorty63136: I feel very bad that this happened to the 6-year-old. He's not mentally equipped to really understand any of this. Unfortunately, neither is the perso... more » AshleyStIves: The kid is lucky. Usually the State of Texas prefers to execute the mentally retarded. \sarcasm more » JesterPrynne: I take issue with the use of pedophile to describe this defendant. His body may have matured to adulthood (with adult hormones and urges), but his in... more » SarahMC: If he were a man of average intelligence who fondled a little girl he'd have gotten a year, if anything. more » Dodgergirl: God, this story is horrible. The way we handle the intersection between mental health and criminal behavior in the US is very, very troubling, and th... more » sheleftyouasong: wait, "mentally retarded" is still an acceptable term for a disabled person in texas? that really disturbs me. more » karmasutra är svensk: I have to wonder if there is a bias against the mentally handicapped in courts. Does that often seem to be the case? more » Penny: So my understanding is that, due to the incompetence of his counsel, he confessed to 5 counts and was considered competent to stand trial, right? Does... more » apocalypse-nowish: Please don't start in with 'fuck you Texas' and 'this is why everyone hates Texas'. This has nothing to do with the state and everything to do with ho... more » morninggloria: They're still using the phrase "mentally retarded" in Texas? more » MarissaExplainsItAll: An IQ of 47. He definitely had no idea what he was doing. I know that the juror's probably saw that little girl and were reactionary, but this should ... more » bluebears: @cafezinha and frankie22: idk, I think that convicted pedophiles (key word) do get relatively harsh sentences, at least in my experience. although, ye... more » Cafezinha: How many times do we see stories about sex offenders getting little or no jail time (perhaps probation) for their offenses, while this man gets 100 ye... more » bluebears: UGH. This is the sort of story that makes me sick to my stomach and keeps me up at night. more » -
#anamericantragedy
When Everybody Loses
When an 18-year-old man with severe mental disabilities was convicted of performing sex acts on a six-year-old neighbor, a Texas jury sentenced him to 100 years in prison. "He couldn't understand the seriousness of what he did," says his father. More » -
#cabinetofcuriosities
Madeline Albright On Wingnuts, Lapel-Wear & Bill Clinton's Love Of Women
Fellow naturalized Americans Madeleine Albright and Craig Ferguson sat down last night to marvel at Rick Perry's secessionary insanity, Albright's mood-indicating pins, whether Bill Clinton ever hit on her. More » -
#lifeafterdeath
Mom "Harvests" Dead Son's Sperm, But Is That What He Would Have Wanted?
A woman whose son was murdered in Austin, TX has received a court order to preserve her son's body until his sperm can be collected; she'll use it to have grandchildren through a surrogate. [Guanabee] -
#weddingdisasters
With This Charge, I Thee Jail
Jade and her husband Billy Puckett were arrested on their wedding night, him for DUI and her for public intoxication (more commonly known as "contempt of cop"). That's one very bad omen. [ABC] -
#biglove
262 Children Neglected, 12 Girls Sexually Abused At Polygamist FLDS Ranch
Well 2008 is finally ending and what better (read: horrible) way to wind down the year than with an update about our friends from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints? -
