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Supreme Court Leaves Rulings on Executing the Intellectually Disabled in Place
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The US Supreme Court voted 5-4 to dismiss Hamm v. Smith, upholding its prior rulings that people with intellectual disabilities cannot be executed and that IQ scores alone are insufficient to determine intellectual disability.
Supreme Court Leaves Rulings on Executing the Intellectually Disabled in Place
On Thursday, the US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to dismiss the Hamm v. Smith case, effectively upholding its rulings that people with intellectual disabilities should not be executed, and that IQ tests alone are not enough to determine whether someone has an intellectual disability. A one sentence, unsigned opinion held that the court’s earlier decision […]
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