Supreme Court Takes on Alabama Case, Revisiting Execution Standards

Supreme Court to hear case on IQ tests and death penalty next term

The Supreme Court will hear a case next term centered on the role of multiple IQ scores in determining an Alabama murderer’s eligibility for the death penalty, according to a list issued by the court late Friday.

Supreme Court to Review Alabama’s Death Row Case Concerning IQ Test - The Thinking Conservative

The Supreme Court will consider how courts should weigh multiple IQ tests when assessing a death row defendant’s claim of intellectual disability. The post Supreme Court to Review Alabama’s Death Row Case Concerning IQ Test appeared first on The Thinking Conservative.

Supreme Court to Review Alabama’s Death Row Case Concerning IQ Test

The Supreme Court said on Friday that it will consider how courts should weigh multiple IQ tests when assessing a death row defendant’s claim of intellectual disability, in a case tied to an Alabama death row inmate. The court granted Alabama’s petition to clarify whether and how courts should evaluate the “cumulative effect of multiple IQ scores” in assessing an Atkins claim—which prohibits the execution of individuals with intellectual disabil…

‘Software malfunction’ reveals Supreme Court may allow Alabama to execute the intellectually disabled

The Supreme Court will consider making it harder for convicted murderers to show their lives should be spared because they are intellectually disabled, according an order released early on Friday after an apparent technological glitch.

Supreme Court takes on Alabama case, revisiting execution standards

The Supreme Court will review Alabama's appeal to execute a man deemed ineligible for the death penalty, potentially reshaping standards for borderline cases.

Supreme Court Faces Pivotal Decision on Intellectually Disabled Death Row Inmates

Supreme Court Faces Pivotal Decision on Intellectually Disabled Death Row Inmates The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to deliberate on the standards applied to determine intellectual disability in death penalty cases, according to a recent announcement. The appeal, originating from Alabama, concerns Joseph Clifton Smith, who was sentenced to death for a 1997 homicide but later deemed intellectually disabled by lower courts.The high court's fall ses…