Should the Mentally Disabled Be Expected to Know Right From Wrong?
Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021.
The case of Jerry Hartfield is a complicated one. Matt Ford has full details here, but the basics: Hartfield, who has an IQ of 51, was found guilty last week of a grisly reader , a retired public defender, explains the case through a critical lens:
