Anonymous ID: 96153f April 29, 2018, 3:17 p.m. No.1239203   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

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Judge has a soft spot for bad people who kill cops AND a connection to SC Kennedy:

 

On March 15, U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis vacated a second death sentence imposed on Ronell Wilson for the execution-style murders of two NYPD detectives in Tompkinsville in 2003. When asked why he had shot the two officers, Wilson sneered, "I don't give a fโ€” about anybody." Then, at his most recent sentencing, he proved it, sticking his tongue out at their grieving families. A prior capital sentence meted out to him was overturned by a controversial appellate ruling that evoked a vehement dissent.

 

Sparing his life once again, Judge Garaufis held that the former gang member and rap lyricist suffers from an "intellectual disability" that manifests itself in "significant defects in adaptive reasoning." The judge conceded, however, that the consensus among mental health professionals would likely be that Wilson does not suffer from any such disability at all. Nevertheless, he said, his ruling was compelled by the Supreme Court's 2014 decision in Hall v. Florida. In that case, the court's four liberal justices, joined by Justice Anthony Kennedy, expanded the definition of intellectual disability beyond what it has long been recognized to be by most mental health professionals. Prosecutors have not yet decided whether to pursue an appeal of Garaufis's ruling.

 

http://www.silive.com/opinion/danielleddy/index.ssf/2017/01/brutal_murder_cases_among_top.html