Supreme Court Weighs Intellectual Disability in Death Penalty
Update: 2025-12-10
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The Supreme Court is considering a case that could reshape how intellectual disability is determined in capital punishment cases, focusing on Joseph Clifton Smith, a death row inmate in Alabama. Smiths lawyers argue he is intellectually disabled, while Alabama and other states seek to narrow the definition, potentially impacting numerous death row inmates.
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