Ralph Slovenko Comments: old wine in a new bottle.

Abstract: These comments by Professor R. Slovenko are also devoted to the criticism of the decision of the Supreme Court of the USA in the case of Atkins v. Virginia and of the above-mentioned practical guidelines of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) on mental retardation and capital punishment due to application of the Atkins v. Virginia case of 2002, as developed by Professor R. Bonnie.