>>>And the article I saw in yesterday's paper indicated that she's borderline mentally retarded. Didn't provide enough info to back that up, but it certainly raises questions for me.
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>>>And those questions would be...?
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>>If she was really mentally challenged, she may not have had the capacity to be responsible for this. The same article talked about her being talked into this--if she had reduced capacity, she may have paid with her life for someone else's crime.
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>>Since all I know about this case is the two articles I read in the paper the last few days, all I have are questions.
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>>Tamar
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>According to this article http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/09/virginia-execute-woman-100-years/ the woman had an IQ between 70 and 72, which clearly proves your point that she was mentally challenged.

By whom?