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Oliver David Cruz, whose IQ has been variously measured at 83 and 63 - below 70 being the generally accepted threshold for mental retardation - has become a focal point for yet another emotional debate over Texas's execution practices. Cruz was convicted 12 years ago of the rape and stabbing murder of 24-year-old Kelly Donovan, an Air Force linguist in San Antonio. Cruz has confessed, and, his advocates argue, shows anguished remorse. His is not, however, the kind of remorse one might expect from an adult, Cruz's lawyers insist. Cruz's comprehension of his crime and the implications...
Cruz's lawyers hope to establish that their client's mental limitations were not adequately addressed during his trial; prosecutors insist that state-sponsored IQ tests, which placed Cruz well above the 70-point IQ mark, show Cruz to have the capacity to distinguish right from wrong...
FAMILY AFFAIRS After all the talk about whether birth order can influence a child's personality, researchers report that whether a child is born first, last or somewhere in the middle has no bearing whatsoever on at least one trait: IQ. Size of the family makes no difference either. What's more likely to influence intelligence? Other factors in a child's environment, such as schooling, and the parents' IQ...
...Philly Phrolics] Must score in top 2% on IQ test...
...McInally is also the only person ever to earn a perfect score on the Wonderlick test, the NFL's version of an IQ test given to all potential draftees...