Teen with 47 IQ gets 100 years in sex case

"In the state of Texas, there isn't a whole lot you can do with somebody like him," Clifford said.

That is a very interesting statement for a multitude of reasons, but ive been rambling for hours so i'll leave it up to other educated minds to discuss.

F*ck texas... ever hear of a mental hospital?

an IQ of 47 has not stopped the bush family for generations,they turned the whole world in to a sand box.

Texas commits a crime if this is carried out .

Bet the judge has fondled a fair few little boys himself...

i bet they were all red necks, god i hate red necks, why do i have to live in the south of all places!

Wow, I can't imagine the terrible things that would happen to this boy in prison. I don't know what he does or doesn't know. He just doesn't need to be there.

The judge, jury, and prosecutor all say that they sympathize with him but have no other option. LIARS! People sure like to pass the blame of their actions on a system. Force the issue and create another option! They sentenced a kid with profound mental disabilities to 100 years in prison. What a joke.

I been telling people for years, if you have a relative in the republican party hierarchy, wealthy, white visit Texas. If you don't avoid the state like it has the plague.

I drove thru Texas several times, while the police were polite I was stopped twice for no more reason than then asked which part of New York I was from. Since my plates said PA I could only assumed they thought we were all the same on the East Coast

Texas is the land of waiting lists for every service provided to the disabled and their families. They willingly spend $40k per year to put a kid like this in jail but can't find the money for group homes, adult day care and other services.

They really do need to create something in texas for the mentally disabled I HIGHLY doubt he will make it the first 5 years in jail... Honestly, when having daily interaction with mentally disabled people get aggravated and since he is around criminals... Well... Good luck to that boy... The world has gone crazy....

Unbelieveable. I'm not defending what the young man did but clearly, somebody with a 47 IQ didn't understand the gravity of what he was doing. So now he'll be put in prison where they'll turn him into a real criminal. What a bunch of yahoos. The judge should be sentenced to prison for sadism.

just castrate the fucker..PROBLEM SOLVED

He is 18 years old, but more like 8. Imagine an 8 year old in prison having to fend for himself. He will be destroyed. This is a huge mistake.

I have worked with many non-profit organizations helping individuals with disabilities in Texas. This is a sad story, but I think the state is not to blame....it is the individuals involved you should be talking about. I was born in Texas and will most likely die in the lonestar state. Maybe the area, Paris, Texas, needs an awakening on issues of individuals with disabilities. I currently reside at the University of Texas at Austin, and I have volunteered in various instiutions, organizations, and initiatives catering to individuals like this subject that do an amazing job. You might say, "Well..yeah it is Austin. It is in Travis county...so things are different..", but I have also witnessed it in my small hometown, El Campo. Stereotypes are not the way to go....

He gets 100 years for molestation although he is mentally retarded, but child rapists who are fully mentally capable of self control get 5-10. SICK

I'm sure that the jury, the judge and especially the district attorney will have no trouble going to sleep at night after making such a sadistic decision. With an 8 yr. old mental capacity, he was probably just curious (as boys around 6 or 8 are) and meant no harm and I'm sure didn't harm the 6 year old any more than his age appropriate curiosity would normally have led him, (and I'm sure someone will see to it the 6 yr old boy is made to see this as a huge trauma in his life and will take years getting this stigma out of his head). He is evidently well mannered and seemed to get along with neighbors otherwise. A few sessions with counselors would have probably been sufficient to guarantee his behavior would not include sexual activities with others. And no, he will not be turned into a criminal by being put into prison, any more than an 8 year old boy would. He will no doubt be passed around the hardened convict like a sex toy until he goes stark raving mad or kills himself. Then the state of Texas can "find a place for him" in a mental facility or in the groound. Sleep well, monsters, until you die and end up in a worse hell than you have sentenced this poor retarded boy...

Texas, and the south, are notorious for their backward, ignorant ways.

It is no coincidence that the south is referred to as jesusland, a dark place full of ignorance, bigotry and religious superstition.

I hope the good people down south rise up soon and overthrow the ignorant red necks that give the south such a mean and miserable reputation.

Screw Texas man. This is why you won't ever see me anywhere near that crap hole! I avoid it at all cost!

MOSt of texas may be fucked... but some if it isnt.. Austin for example.. beautiful...

I did some quick research of the watchdog groups that monitor judges in the US. Texas ranks #2 in complaints of rulings issued by local and town judges. Appellate courts in Texas have a 51% rate of overturning local rulings. That is one of the highest in the country. What's up with Texas justice is the bigger question?
** Also note the comment in the article about the jurors: Jurors said they sent the judge notes during deliberations in February, asking about alternatives to prison, but didn't get a clear answer. They believed the judge would order concurrent sentences, jurors said.

you know what.. like all things republican...its not the majority thats messed in the head.. the judicial system.. the political system and every other kind of system is ran by old people... and its easy to start following the system if you live in it long enough...

If I ran the world, I would just breed people with I.Q.'s under 100 out of existence to start.

Say whatever you like, but God would that raise the bar on the conditions of society so that all these other theories about to teach and control people (much less leave them freely up to their own devices) might work.

What a waste of life and resources. See Idiocracy.

just because he is your son and he has a mental condition you think that he shouldnt be in jail ? i can only begin to unerstand the pain that hsi mother is probably going through but sex offenders (all sex offenders) are more likely to commit the crime again. and if he doesnt understand that what he did was wrong, doesnt that mean that he WILL do it again? he needs to be in jail because what he did was wrong and aboviously his guardians are not atching him properly so he will be watched in jail. Mental Dissabilities should not be the reason as to why a person should not be punished. crazy. . .