The State of Texas has executed the death sentence of a man who was alleged to be retarded (or close to it). You have to read to the end of this New York Times story to get the details of the man's brutal crimes:
Mr. Woods was convicted of killing his former girlfriend’s daughter. A jury determined he had abducted the 11-year-old girl, Sarah Patterson, along with her brother, Cody, from the family’s home in Granbury, Tex.. [sic] The girl was raped before her throat was slit. The boy was severely beaten and left for dead, but he survived.
It's about time the monster was put down. I don't understand why progressives have more sympathy for murderers than they do for the victims of murderers. There should be no sympathy for murderers.
Addendum: People aren't executed. Sentences are executed. To execute is to follow (or carry) out. Today, Texas carried out (i.e., executed) the death sentence by putting the murderer to death.
Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D. 