US Supreme Court wrestles with death row inmate's intellectual disability ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Wednesday with a bid by Alabama officials to pursue the execution of an inmate convicted ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...