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Missouri executed 74-year-old convicted cop-killer Cecil Clayton on Tuesday night. But Clayton was not your ordinary inmate.
In 1972 – some 24 years before committing the crime for which he was sentenced to death – Clayton was injured in a sawmill accident in which a piece of wood pierced his skull. As a result, doctors removed one-fifth of Clayton’s frontal lobe, the part of the brain that controls decision-making, mood, and impulse-control. Thereafter, Clayton “broke up with his wife, began drinking alcohol and became impatient, unable to work and more prone to violent outbursts,” one of his brothers told The Atlantic. His IQ dropped, and in 1983, Clayton was diagnosed with chronic brain syndrome, a condition said to decrease mental function.
Then, in 1996, Clayton’s life changed forever – again – when he shot and killed a police officer. Before Barry County Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Castetter even got out of his vehicle at Clayton’s home – where the officer had gone to investigate a domestic dispute – Clayton fatally shot Castetter in the head, according to police. A Missouri jury found him guilty and sentenced Clayton to death.
Missouri executes brain damaged cop-killer Cecil Clayton MSNBC
human tragedy simple as that....many questions....why kill a brain damaged man but then he could never be free again....you could not take the chance with his impaired judgement .....why kill an 74 yr old man....are we really that much of an eye for an eye nation.....
now here i will go with sealy....a christian nation....really?
In 1972 – some 24 years before committing the crime for which he was sentenced to death – Clayton was injured in a sawmill accident in which a piece of wood pierced his skull. As a result, doctors removed one-fifth of Clayton’s frontal lobe, the part of the brain that controls decision-making, mood, and impulse-control. Thereafter, Clayton “broke up with his wife, began drinking alcohol and became impatient, unable to work and more prone to violent outbursts,” one of his brothers told The Atlantic. His IQ dropped, and in 1983, Clayton was diagnosed with chronic brain syndrome, a condition said to decrease mental function.
Then, in 1996, Clayton’s life changed forever – again – when he shot and killed a police officer. Before Barry County Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Castetter even got out of his vehicle at Clayton’s home – where the officer had gone to investigate a domestic dispute – Clayton fatally shot Castetter in the head, according to police. A Missouri jury found him guilty and sentenced Clayton to death.
Missouri executes brain damaged cop-killer Cecil Clayton MSNBC
human tragedy simple as that....many questions....why kill a brain damaged man but then he could never be free again....you could not take the chance with his impaired judgement .....why kill an 74 yr old man....are we really that much of an eye for an eye nation.....
now here i will go with sealy....a christian nation....really?
