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Supreme Court Weighs the Constitutionality of the Death Penalty for the Intellectually Disabled

  • Dec 2, 2016
  • 1 min read

This case involves the question of who is constitutionally eligible for the death penalty. The Supreme Court has held that certain categories of individuals — as relevant here, people with intellectual disabilities — can’t be sentenced to death. The question here is what it means to have an “intellectual disability,” and who decides. To read the full story, click here.

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