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[**Georgia to execute mentally handicapped man**][2]
**AlterNet**
The US Supreme Court ruled against the execution of prisoners with mental **disabilities** in 2002, but left each state with the authority to determine what constitutes mental **disability**. Georgia maintains mental retardation must be proved "beyond a **...**
[Murderer Hill awaits appeals decisions to stave off scheduled Monday execution][3]Atlanta Journal Constitution
[inmate's impending execution stirs controversy][4]USA TODAY
[Warren Lee Hill Jr: Disabled Inmate Files Appeal, Attorney Wants Involvement][5]Politic365
[AllGov][6] -[Atlanta Black Star][7]
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