Inmate at center of ruling on retarded could still be executed

Tuesday, December 30, 2003

ROANOKE, Va. -- The Virginia inmate whose case persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to bar the execution of mentally retarded killers remains on death row more than a year later, and prosecutors are determined to see him die.

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