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Typically anyone with an IQ under 75 will not receive the death penalty in the United States. It varies by country, though (for some countries there are higher or lower levels and some countries don't care if you're mentally challenged).

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Who are the people the death penalty cannot be used against?

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A lot of people in the justice system think that it is immoral to sentence a mentally disturbed person to death (it can depend on the severity of the mental illness of course).


Is Texas for or against the death penalty?

For. If most of the citizens in Texas did not want the death penalty, there would be no death penalty.


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Now, no death penalty in Romania.


Does Nebraska have the death penalty?

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How can you get kill in the death penalty?

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Does Missouri have the death penalty?

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