"I shot that bitch in the head, and blowed her brains out and all she did was wiggle," Holly Wood gloated to his cousin / getaway driver in September 1993. After an unsuccessful attempt to kill former girlfriend Ruby Gosha while she was awake and able to take defensive action, the brave Mr. Wood sneaked into her house and shot her in the head with a shotgun as she slept.
Wood is not retarded, no matter how many times you may read his defenders' propaganda reported without fact-checking. He is classified as borderline intellectual functioning, which is not "retarded" as defined in the DSM. On January 20, the Supreme Court rejected, 7-2, his claim that his trial counsel should have further pursued mental evidence. See day-of-decision post here.
The Alabama Supreme Court has set an execution date of September 2, Holli Keaton reports for the Troy Messenger. That is 17 years and 1 day from the crime.
Wood is not retarded, no matter how many times you may read his defenders' propaganda reported without fact-checking. He is classified as borderline intellectual functioning, which is not "retarded" as defined in the DSM. On January 20, the Supreme Court rejected, 7-2, his claim that his trial counsel should have further pursued mental evidence. See day-of-decision post here.
The Alabama Supreme Court has set an execution date of September 2, Holli Keaton reports for the Troy Messenger. That is 17 years and 1 day from the crime.
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