<Dl> <Dd> His age and experience only sharpened his ability to coldly calculate the execution of the crime . Nothing about his current ailments reduces his culpability and thus they do not lessen the retributive or deterrent purposes of the death penalty . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> His age and experience only sharpened his ability to coldly calculate the execution of the crime . Nothing about his current ailments reduces his culpability and thus they do not lessen the retributive or deterrent purposes of the death penalty . </Dd> <P> The United States Supreme Court declined to hear the case, albeit over the dissent of Justice Stephen Breyer, who stated: "I believe that in the circumstances he raises a significant question as to whether his execution would constitute' cruel and unusual punishment ."' </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wikinews has related news: Clarence Ray Allen is executed </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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