Supreme Court orders more review of Alabama’s request to execute inmate courts said is intellectually disabled
- The US Supreme Court has overturned a ruling that prevented the execution of Joseph Clifton Smith, found to be intellectually disabled in a murder case.
- The justices stated that the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals needs to clarify its decision based on the Supreme Court's 2002 ruling against executing intellectually disabled individuals.
- Alabama argued that the 11th Circuit misinterpreted the law by emphasizing Smith's lowest IQ score, which contributed to the Supreme Court's need for further review.
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