WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled over how courts should decide borderline cases of whether convicted murderers are intellectually disabled and should be shielded from ...
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Court to consider the role of IQ tests in ban on executing people who are intellectually disabled
In 2002, the Supreme Court ruled in Atkins v. Virginia that the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment bars the execution of people who are intellectually disabled. Next week, on Wednesday ...
The state of Alabama has a complicated relationship with science, and its criminal courts are no exception. Often, state prosecutors defend debunked junk science, like bite marks, to keep people in ...
The Georgia Senate passed a bill on Monday easing the state's strict burden of proof required for a death row inmate to be deemed intellectually disabled, which would make them ineligible for a death ...
Houston ISD, Katy ISD, and Plano ISD are temporarily banned from enforcing Senate Bill 12 (SB 12). Judge pauses SB 12: What changes for Houston ISD and Katy ISD Read full article: Judge pauses SB 12: ...
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