Coming out of the darkness: America's criminal justice system and persons with intellectual disabilities in the 20th century.
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I was born in 1927. That was the year Charles Lindbergh flew to Paris and Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs. These high points remain vivid in my memory. Later, however, I became aware of two other happenings that plunged hundreds of my human brothers and sisters into a terrible dark and dismal slough of despondance. In 1927, Hitler wrote Mein Kampf (My Struggle). In it he called for the cleansing of the human stock of the world. He cried out for the building of a super race. He wrote:
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Intellectual and developmental disabilities
دوره 45 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007