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 ...

Supreme Court wrestles with death penalty in cases of intellectual disabilities

The justices wrestled with whether to allow Alabama to execute a man with low cognitive function, a ruling that could set new ...
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Court appears divided on whether lower courts properly found death row inmate to be intellectually disabled

The Supreme Court on Wednesday wrestled with the case of an Alabama man who has been on that state’s death row for more than ...

Supreme Court mulls intellectual disability limits in death penalty cases

The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with where the line should be drawn on intellectual disability when the death penalty ...

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 ...
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Man jumps to death from courtroom after sentencing

STEUBENVILLE, OH (KTRK) -- Police in Ohio are shocked after a convicted inmate jumped to death after his court hearing. It happened Friday after a judge handed 42-year-old Jason Binkiewicz a 13-year ...
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Supreme Court revives case of death row inmate who says she was ‘sex-shamed’ at trial

The Supreme Court on Tuesday revived a challenge by a death row inmate in Oklahoma who claims prosecutors “sex-shamed” her during her trial, referring to her as a “slut puppy” and holding up her thong ...