US Supreme Court wrestles with death row inmate's intellectual disability ruling
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Wednesday with a bid by Alabama officials to ...
Ease of claiming low IQ at center of Supreme Court death penalty case
Decades ago, the Supreme Court said inmates who are intellectually disabled can't be executed. Now, it weighs the use of IQ ...
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US Supreme Court examines role of IQ tests in death penalty cases
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday examined how to determine whether a death row inmate is intellectually disabled and should ...
The Supreme Court Takes Aim at Intellectually Disabled Death Row Inmates
More than two decades ago, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision prohibiting the execution of people with ...
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Louisiana death row inmate freed after nearly 30 years as overturned conviction upends case
A Louisiana man who spent nearly 30 years on death row walked out of prison Wednesday after a judge overturned his conviction and granted him bail. Jimmie Duncan, now in his 60s, was sentenced to ...
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Psychologist deems death row inmate Menzies incompetent; Utah court to decide in December
SALT LAKE CITY — A psychologist issued his clinical opinion this week that death row inmate Ralph Menzies, who was set to be executed before it got appealed, is not competent to be executed. Ralph ...
Florida Supreme Court rejects Death Row inmate’s appeal
The Florida Supreme Court unanimously rejected an appeal filed by a Death Row inmate David Kelsey Sparre, who was convicted ...
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South Carolina Supreme Court denies death row inmate's bid to delay execution
The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled that the execution of a Sumter County man on death row for 2004 killing spree can proceed. The justices denied Stephen Bryant's request to delay his ...