Mental_Retardation_Today

Mental Retardation Today The AAMR also states that: People with mental retardation should not be eligible for the death penalty. This is not to suggest that people with mental retardation should not be punished when they break the law, nor does it suggest that people with mental retardation are not responsible for their actions. It suggests that people with mental retardation cannot be held culpable for crimes to the extent that the death penalty would be considered an appropriate punishment. There are several possibilities for miscommunication when a person with mental retardation comes in contact with a person in authority. The Arc has put together a list of some common responses that may mental, retardation, person, understand, people, suggest, rights, responsible, police, penalty, first, death, crime, contact, say, act, upset, try, together, though, thinks, suggests, suffering, should, several, scene, run, retardation's, responses, recognized, put, punishment