At the time of the Penry decision, the American Association of Mental Retardation (AAMR) concluded that mentally retarded individuals have deficits in cognition and moral reasoning that prevents them from:
A) Having the level of blame (or culpability) needed to impose capital punishment
B) Being sentenced to death
C) Fully understanding right from wrong
D) None of the above
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Q1: Before Penry v. Lynaugh's (1989) Supreme Court
Q3: What Supreme Court case overturned the Penry
Q4: Retribution, which is something done to an
Q5: What case ruled that it was not
Q6: The American Association of Individuals with Developmental
Q7: What does malingering mean?
A) Exhibiting an intellectual
Q8: According to the text, mental illness relies
Q9: Mental retardation is most often found through
Q10: The Court referenced failure to achieve penological
Q11: What is general deterrence?
A) Punishment meant to
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