No death sentence for 'mentally retarded' US man (AFP)

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Old Nov 25th, 2010, 05:40 PM   #1
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AFP - A US judge has overturned the death sentence of a drug dealer convicted of killing a witness on the orders of a corrupt police officer, on the grounds that he was "mentally retarded."

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