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 ...
WASHINGTON – Disability rights groups fear a death penalty case before the Supreme Court could have implications for the intellectually disabled far beyond the criminal context. The justices are ...
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday examined how to determine whether a death row inmate is intellectually disabled and should be spared execution. The top court more than 20 years ago outlawed ...
The Supreme Court grappled on Wednesday with how courts consider multiple intelligence quotient tests when evaluating if a person is sufficiently intellectually disabled to be disqualified from the ...
WASHINGTON – After the Supreme Court in 2002 said inmates who are intellectually disabled can't be executed, prosecutors largely stopped seeking the death penalty for defendants with clear ...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with where the line should be drawn on intellectual disability when the death penalty is on the table in a case that could make it harder for convicted killers ...
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this week in a death penalty case in which the defendant’s school records from more than 40 years ago are playing a key role. In that case, Justice John Paul ...
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Supreme Court weighs IQ scores in death penalty case
(NewsNation) — The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday about the role of multiple IQ test scores in determining whether a prisoner is intellectually disabled and, potentially, barred ...
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