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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMissouri Executes Cecil Clayton, Cop Killer Missing Part of Brain
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/missouri-executes-cecil-clayton-missing-part-brain-n325081Missouri cop killer Cecil Clayton was executed Tuesday night after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected arguments he should be spared because he was missing a piece of his brain....
Clayton was convicted of murdering sheriff's deputy Chris Castetter after a domestic disturbance in 1996. His case drew extra attention because of his brain injury, the result of a 1972 sawmill accident that forced doctors to remove one-fifth of his frontal lobe. His lawyers contended the damage not only sparked a massive personality change that may have turned him into a killer, but also rendered him mentally incompetent and therefore ineligible for capital punishment.
"Cecil Clayton had literally a hole in his head," his attorney, Elizabeth Unger Carlyle, said in a statement after the execution. "Executing him without a hearing violated the Constitution, Missouri law and basic human dignity.
"He suffered from severe mental illness and dementia related to his age and multiple brain injuries," she added. "The world will not be a safer place because Mr. Clayton has been executed."
Clayton was convicted of murdering sheriff's deputy Chris Castetter after a domestic disturbance in 1996. His case drew extra attention because of his brain injury, the result of a 1972 sawmill accident that forced doctors to remove one-fifth of his frontal lobe. His lawyers contended the damage not only sparked a massive personality change that may have turned him into a killer, but also rendered him mentally incompetent and therefore ineligible for capital punishment.
"Cecil Clayton had literally a hole in his head," his attorney, Elizabeth Unger Carlyle, said in a statement after the execution. "Executing him without a hearing violated the Constitution, Missouri law and basic human dignity.
"He suffered from severe mental illness and dementia related to his age and multiple brain injuries," she added. "The world will not be a safer place because Mr. Clayton has been executed."
Cecil Clayton's not the only one who has a hole in his head!
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Missouri Executes Cecil Clayton, Cop Killer Missing Part of Brain (Original Post)
KamaAina
Mar 2015
OP
They killed him, I hope they feel better now...Death penalty is insanely childish and should
NoJusticeNoPeace
Mar 2015
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Tommy_Carcetti
(43,085 posts)1. And the barbaric farce continues. nt
NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)2. They killed him, I hope they feel better now...Death penalty is insanely childish and should
be unconstitutional and outlawed.
People who are for the death penalty like to kill people, I guess.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)3. It's about vengeance, nothing more...
Capital punishment does not decrease the crime rate or make us safer.
awake
(3,226 posts)4. He was 74 years old! what the F*ck has happened to this country
There is NO reason for the State killing a 74 year old brain or no brain.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)5. Reminds me of the guy who wanted to save part of his last meal for later.
Disgusting.