Is it possible to have an IQ score of less than 50?

10/4/2018

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History Story: Is it possible to have an IQ score of less than 50?

Yes, a real life example of a person with an IQ lower than 50 is Joe Arridy. Joe was a mentally disabled man who was falsely accused of the rape and murder of a 15 year old girl in Pueblo, Colorado. Arridy was coerced into a confession and was ultimately executed in 1939.

Arridy was tested with an IQ of 46 by 3 state psychologists and was put in a school for mentally defectives as a kid. Arridy lacked the understanding of the crime that was committed, the confession he made, and the execution itself. It's believed that he didn't understand right from wrong. The testimonies he gave were inconsistent and the prime suspect Frank Aquilar had already been arrested and despite this Arridy was convicted of murder and was sentenced to death by gas chamber.

When being walked to the gas chamber after the guard had informed him of his impending doom Arridy responded “No, no, Joe won't die” and had been smiling on his way to the gas chamber. He was described as the “happiest man on death row”.

In 2011 Colorado governor Bill Ritter officially pardoned Arridy after evidence proved that he was not in Pueblo when the crime occured.

Joe Arridy - Wikipedia

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66 Comments

Roy Tinis

Isn't it mandatory to have an IQ of less than 50 to become a politician?

debbysimshancock

and this is why I have a problem with the death penalty, the ones that are wrongly convicted

gdwhitton

What a failure of a negligent system. Not only was he a person with reduced mental capacity but he wasn’t even in the town where the crime was committed.

Charles Hay

And that is one of the reasons that there should not be a death penalty. to many innocent people executed after a conviction.

Bill Walker

Would be nice if racist comments could be deleted

kuudes

Roy Tinis, if so, what is the IQ of those who elect such politicians?

Elsy O. Stromberg

Bill Walker, None made here that I can see.

Elsy O. Stromberg

rhystto, What does that have to do with this?

Elsy O. Stromberg

What a shame. This kind of thing should not happen.

Halldór Halldórsson

American cops verify this every day!

elfmaster

My thoughts completely, dolt 2! His IQ is the same as his presidential number..45.

Dolt 2

DJT fits the shoe and then some, of less than 50

John W Shreve

Charles Hay, Can you supply us with a list?

John W Shreve

gregallen, Source, please.

littledick

Diane Thompson, Just like Jesus!

littledick

Tim Gaines, Didn't think a post of this nature would wax politically, but here goes. Ah, yes, AOC, the left's DT.

littledick

Matthew T. Costello, AOC???? If it's whom I think you're referring to, it must be the left's DT.

littledick

Geoffrey Hazenberg, I sure hope so! Not only homosexuals who are at times by some thrown up (verbal pun intended) as worthy of the death penalty according to Holy Writ, but also adulterers, those who take the name of God in vain and even those who pick up sticks on the Sabbath. Wow! If we operated today by those standards, I daresay 80% or more of our population would be executed!