U.S. v. WILSON

No. 04-CR-1016 (NGG).

922 F.Supp.2d 334 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America v. Ronell WILSON, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

February 7, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter H. Burwell , Colleen Elizabeth Kavanagh , Jack Smith , James G. McGovern , Jason Allen Jones , Celia Cohen , Shreve Ariail , United States Attorneys Office, Eastern District Of New York, Brooklyn, NY, for United States of America.

Colleen Quinn Brady , The Law Office of Colleen Quinn Brady, David Stern , Rothman, Schneider, Soloway & Stern, P.C., Beverly Van Ness , New York, NY, Michael N. Burt , Law Office of Michael Burt, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM & ORDER

NICHOLAS G. GARAUFIS, District Judge.

The execution of those who are mentally retarded violates both the Federal Death Penalty Act and the Eighth Amendment. See 18 U.S.C. § 3596(c); Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 321, 122 S.Ct. 2242, 153 L.Ed.2d 335 (2002). Defendant Earl Ronell Wilson, a convicted murderer of two undercover police officers, claims that he is mentally retarded and...

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