21.   The Hartford Courant responded by sending reporters and photographers around the world for an eight-part series about the way mentally retarded people are regarded in other societies.

22.   The issue of executing retarded people has been particularly controversial in Texas, where the state Legislature recently passed a measure banning such action.

23.   The issue of mentally retarded people in shelters came to light on Tuesday night at the annual dinner of the Westchester Association for Retarded Citizens.

24.   The notion of executing retarded people was a grotesque violation of contemporary civilized standards of decency a dozen years ago, and still is.

25.   The obstacles that mentally retarded people face in their love lives may get considerable attention soon.

26.   The retarded people who live in E.T. House are called Charlene, Sharon, Cheryl, Wendy, Daniel, Harold, Eddie, Robert, David and David.

27.   The Supreme Court ruling Thursday that executing mentally retarded people is unconstitutional offered the states almost no guidance on who must be considered retarded and who gets to decide.

28.   There clearly should be a law against executing mentally retarded people, Peters said.

29.   While mentally retarded people are living more independently, they also might be living more dangerously.

30.   Phelan said he had not heard of other ADA cases in which mentally retarded people seek to play sports.