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James Lee Clark (May 13, 1968 – April 11, 2007) was an American murderer whose controversial execution by the state of Texas sparked international outcry as it was believed by many 〔http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AMR51/064/2007/en/dom-AMR510642007en.pdffit〕〔http://blogs.amnestyusa.org/death-penalty/archive/2007/04/06/action-needed—impending-execution-in-texas.htm〕〔http://www.floridasupport.us/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4033&sid=0f177b57fb49ee8cbd587bf89f67ee96〕〔http://stopexecutions.blogspot.com/2007/04/person-with-low-iq-about-to-become.html〕〔http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=171048〕 that his execution violated the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in ''Atkins v. Virginia'' (2002) which held that executions of mentally retarded criminals is cruel and unusual punishment which is prohibited by the Eighth Amendment. Clark and his accomplice, James Richard Brown, were charged with capital murder for the June 7, 1993 robbery, rape and murder of 17-year-old Shari Catherine "Cari" Crews in Denton County, Texas. Also killed was 16-year-old Jesus Garza for whom both Clark and Brown were charged with murder, however, Clark was never tried for this case.〔http://dentonpoa.org/Public/NewsDetail.aspx?news=4b1cedf5-4e85-40c6-bece-73d16332259c〕〔http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_Killer_to_reap_0411.dc24450.html〕 Brown was also charged with capital murder but a jury found him guilty of only the robbery charge and was sentenced to 20 years.〔http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/clark1070.htm 〕 ==Early life== Clark was born in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Court documents revealed that his father disappeared the day he found out Clark's mother was pregnant. Testimony from a psychologist at his appeals hearing stated that Clark told him he had his first drink when he was seven years old and was commonly drunk by the age of 13, at which point he also began to smoke cannabis regularly. After failing two grades and being placed in special education classes he dropped out of school in the ninth grade.〔http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/clark1070.htm〕 At the age of 15 he was remanded into the Gainesville State School, a reformatory for boys and girls in Gainesville, Texas, for auto theft.〔http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_Killer_to_reap_0411.dc24450.html〕 At that time his mother told the Texas Youth Commission that he “has no friends in school ... because he steals from them all.” and Clark was subsequently diagnosed as having a “conduct disorder, associated with psychological deprivation, coupled with features of immature personality.”〔http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/ncadp/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=7133〕 At the Gainesville State School, Clark was able to complete his GED and was released at the age of 18 to find his mother had abandoned him, wanting nothing more to do with him.〔http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_Killer_to_reap_0411.dc24450.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Lee Clark」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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