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Title: Saved by Intelligence ... Or Lack Thereof (Forensic Case Profiles Section) (State Sanctioned Murder of Mentally Retarded Persons)
Author : The Forensic Examiner
Release Date : January 22, 2005
Genre: Health & Fitness,Books,Health, Mind & Body,
Pages : * pages
Size : 233 KB

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In 1979, Johnny Paul Penry was charged with the rape and stabbing murder of a woman who was able to describe her assailant prior to succumbing to her injuries. The investigation quickly led to Penry (then 22 years old), who had recently been released on parole from a prior rape conviction. Shortly after his arrest, Penry gave two statements in which he confessed to the crime. While Penry was found competent to stand trial, an insanity defense was presented at trial. A psychologist testified that Penry, who had been abused as a child, suffered from organic brain damage (probably caused by brain trauma experienced during birth) and was mildly to moderately mentally retarded with an IQ between 50 and 63, a mental age of 6 years, 6 months, and the social intelligence of a 9- or 10-year-old. The psychologist concluded that Penry, as a result of these cognitive deficits, was unable to learn from experience and had poor impulse control. The prosecution's expert testified that Penry was not legally insane and that his behavioral dyscontrol resulted from an antisocial personality disorder.