目的探讨被奸的精神发育迟滞妇女的性防卫能力问题。
Objective To discuss the defending ability problem of raped mental retardation women.
此次法院当真认为对精神发育迟滞的人施用死刑的确违反了第八修正案禁止残酷刑罚的规定。
And indeed the Court this time held that executions of persons with mental retardation did violate the Eighth Amendment's proscriptions against cruel and unusual punishment.
就法院的裁决看,主要的变化是“道德标准在演进”:自penry案起,18个州否决了对精神发育迟滞者施用死刑。
Principally what had changed, according to the Court's ruling, was the "evolving standard of decency" : since Penry, 18 states ruled against use of execution for people with mental retardation.
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