A Handbasket

Funny how you can have a degree from a university, yet still not be able to make sense of the world, isn't it? Looking at my previous post, I'm feeling rather dumb. Here's another thing I don't understand.

Deaf woman 1 kidnaps, kills and hacks up the body of deaf woman 2 because DW2 was supposedly hitting on deaf woman 3, DW1's girlfriend.

In our age of non-discrimination policies and equal-access for all, DW1's lawyers are challenging the prosecution's death penalty recommendation. Because they disagree with the death penalty? Nope. Because

Wright's inability to hear and her limited verbal skills would make it
unfairly difficult for her to persuade a jury to spare her life.

A) Translators, facial expressions, and body language. Use them well.
B) If you didn't spare the life of someone who had an inability to hear and limited verbal skills, why should this be a reason to spare you?

Ethics classes...what are those about?