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US Supreme Court averts inmate's execution in intellectual disability case

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - A man convicted of a 1997 murder in Alabama will be spared execution after the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday kept in place a judicial finding that the inmate is intellectually disabled and thus ineligible for the death penalty.

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Supreme Court Leaves Rulings on Executing the Intellectually Disabled in Place

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Supreme Court dismisses Alabama effort to execute convict

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Supreme Court dismisses case, sparing life of convicted murderer with low IQ

The Supreme Court on May 21 declined to revisit the standard for when an intellectual disability prevents the death penalty, ruling they should not have taken a case about whether Alabama can execute ...

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Justices Decline to Rule in Death Penalty Case Over Intellectual Disabilities

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SCOTUS narrowly spares 'intellectually disabled' murderer from execution

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Court sidesteps death-row IQ dispute

Smith countered that the lower court did not rely on “a single IQ score” to reach its conclusion and instead looked at a broad array of evidence.

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US Supreme Court upholds ruling sparing Alabama death row inmate from execution

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U.S. Supreme Court dismisses disability death penalty case

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Supreme Court struggles over whether Alabama can execute man found to be intellectually disabled

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 execution. There was no clear outcome apparent after the justices heard two ...

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Supreme Court blocks execution of intellectually disabled inmate

Supreme Court dismissed Alabama’s appeal on IQ assessment method Joseph Clifton Smith was convicted of 1997 murder in Mobile County Smith’s IQ scores ranged from 72 to 78 with expert testimony Justices Sotomayor and Jackson concurred; Thomas and Alito ...