Legal Opinion
United States v. Wilson
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided February 7, 2013No. 04-CR-1016 (NGG)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
NICHOLAS G. GARAUFIS, District Judge.
The execution of those who are mentally retarded violates both the Federal Death Penalty Act and the Eighth Amendment. See 18 U.S.C. § 3596(c); Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 321, 122 S.Ct. 2242, 153 L.Ed.2d 335 (2002). Defendant Earl Ronell Wilson, a convicted murderer of two undercover police officers, claims that he is mentally retarded and therefore ineligible to receive the death penalty. For the reasons that follow, he is incorrect.
I. BACKGROUND1
In 2003, Wilson murdered two undercover NYPD detectives who were posing as gun…
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3Cited by5 opinions
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