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Don't Kill Him, He's Stupid

He didn't stop to question her mental state, her age, or even the prospects her life held for her before he brutally killed her. But, Jessica Lunsford's killer would like the state of Florida to stop and consider his mental abilities prior to deciding whether to execute him for his crimes.

Court TV News- Lawyers for a Florida sex offender who was convicted earlier this year of raping and murdering 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford are set to appear before a judge Tuesday to argue that he should be spared a death sentence because he suffers from mental retardation.

A Miami jury convicted John Evander Couey in March of kidnapping, rape and murder for abducting Jessica from her Florida home in 2005 and keeping her in his room before burying her in garbage bags behind his trailer.


Let's see, this monster was smart enough to break into the home where she slept, steal her from the bed she was in, hide her for days while sexually abusing her, and then cruelly bury her alive in order to hide his crimes from police.... but he's not smart enough for the state to demand he pay for his crime.

Give me a freaking break. This is a cold and calculating sexual predator, with a disturbing history of criminal behavior, I'm not for a minute believing that this guy is too dumb to be sentenced to death.

Tampa Bay- Couey's mental state will decide his fate. In March, a jury recommended Couey be put to death for sexually assaulting and burying Jessica Lunsford alive, but mentally handicapped convicts may not be executed.

Couey's IQ has been assessed seven times in his lifetime, with two scores falling below 70, according to Prichard. The first was when he was a child; the other was just before he stood trial


They can't remove this man from the world soon enough.
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