Last week, the Commonwealth of Virginia saw fit to carry out a capital punishment sentence on a woman named Teresa Lewis. Teresa didn't actually kill anybody herself; she had somebody else kill her husband. The actual killer did not receive the death sentence, just a jail term. He acknowledged that Teresa was pretty much a sap who he set up in order to get her money. In prison, Teresa's mental facilities were tested several times, and indicated an IQ of just 71, which is borderline moron status. Nevertheless, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell (R) refused to commute her sentence, saying, "Our official cut-off line for executing idiots is a 70 IQ, so she's passed the test and we're gonna kill her." And they did.
Somebody please tell me how this makes sense.
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