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No execution for mentally disabled Arkansas man, the U.S. Supreme Court rules

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Alvin Jackson was initially convicted for the 1989 murder of Charles Colclasure. While still in prison in 1996, Jackson fatally stabbed prison guard Scott Grimes. The second murder earned Jackson the death penalty. Jackson appealed on the grounds that he is intellectually disabled and therefore cannot be executed.

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No execution for mentally disabled Arkansas man, the U.S. Supreme Court rules

An Arkansas man who has been on death row since the 1990s cannot be executed, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in an opinion released this week.Alvin Jackson was initially convicted for the 1989 murder of Charles Colclasure, when Jackson was 19 years old. He got a life sentence. While still in prison in 1996, Jackson fatally stabbed prison guard Scott Grimes. Grimes had stepped in to intervene in a fight, Jackson’s attorney Jeff Rosenzweig said. The…

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