21.   Opponents of the death penalty say two mentally retarded inmates were executed while Bush was governor of Texas.

22.   Some who seek a national ban say the real number of retarded inmates could be twice that.

23.   Seven mentally retarded inmates are on death row, he said.

24.   Seven mentally retarded inmates are on death row, Hinojosa said.

25.   State Rep. Juan Hinojosa says seven retarded inmates are on death row.

26.   Texas is one of the few states that permit the execution of retarded inmates.

27.   The court has stopped a number of executions as it considers a Virginia case that challenges the constitutionality of executing retarded inmates.

28.   The Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of executing mentally retarded inmates in its current review of the Virginia case.

29.   The Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of executing mentally retarded inmates in its current review of a Virginia case.

30.   The European Union, which opposes the death penalty in general, has loudly opposed the execution of mentally retarded inmates in the United States.