21.   The Supreme Court in March agreed to consider in a case later this year whether the Constitution allows mentally retarded killers to be executed.

22.   The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule this fall on a North Carolina case that could outlaw executions of retarded killers.

23.   The U.S. Supreme Court was urged Wednesday to keep mentally retarded killers off state prison death rows by declaring those executions unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment.

24.   This week, the House passed a ban on executing retarded killers, another measure Bush opposed.