And the state of Texas is set to execute a man tonight who may be mentally retarded despite a 2002 Supreme Court ruling that bans the execution of mentally retarded prisoners. Test scores have shown the prisoner, Bobby Woods, has an IQ at or below seventy -– the cutoff point for mental retardation. In a recent interview with journalist Renee Feltz, Woods described how he has difficulty reading words with more than four letters.

Bobby Woods: “They had these Western books. A lot of the words ain’t — you know, most of the words ain’t past four. I mean, they got — you know, they have five and six letters, but most of them about four. I can read most of it, but then some I can’t read. I had to read it like maybe two or three times, then I finally understand it.”

More of the Bobby Woods interview can be seen on the website of the Texas Observer and the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute.