Why Is It Wrong To Kill Lennie's Death

“The Supreme Court ruled in 2002 that people with mental retardation should not be subject to the death penalty” (Wolf p. 6). Killing people isn’t always punishable, this quote shows that if a person has a certain mental disability, then by federal law, you cannot be punished. If the federal law explains this, then why should Lennie be punished for killing Curley’s wife? Lennie had no intention, or meaning to kill Curley’s wife, Lennie didn’t even know what he did, after he committed the so called “crime,” there for Lennie should not have been targeted for death by the whole group at the farm.

To begin with, Lennie had no idea what action he was doing when he was pulling Curley’s Wife hair, it was simply an act of defense committed by this mentally ill human. If Curley’s wife would’ve left the premises like she was asked to, this tragedy would have never been close to occurring, This selfless act committed by Lennie was in no means on purpose, he has no idea what action he is doing when he does this, he can hardly control his own body movements. George and the gang had no right to kill Lennie, especially committed under the circumstances.
The actions he commits are not done by him, but simply done by his illness, in such cases, Lennie is not the on completing them, therefore he should not be punished by acts that are not considered his. Lennie’s conditions give him different rules under the supreme court's laws, and when under question of murder, it removes the want for his