I wonder since there is a 17 year old if they will try the "my (step)son did all the shooting and I was not myself and scared and didn't know what to do. oh, and also he is retarded, and a youngster, so you can't kill him"?
they were just talking about the rise in people claiming to be mentally disabled or retarded and using that as an excuse as to why things happened and therefore getting out of the death penalty.
I can remember the good old days when people just plead insanity.