- Supreme Court invalidates factors Texas uses to determine if a defendant is intellectually disabled and ineligible for a death sentence, holding 5-3 that a determination of intellectual disability must account for current medical consensus. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf/15-797_n7io.pdf 19 comments law
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- Supreme Court says intellectually disabled inmate can't be executed https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/19/supreme-court-bobby-james-moore-death-penalty-case/2914569002/ 13 comments
- Supreme Court Makes It Harder For Texas To Execute People With Mental Disabilities | HuffPost Latest News http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/supreme-court-death-penalty-intellectual-disabilities-texas_us_58da6fcde4b0f805b323cc95?section=politics 8 comments
- Why Is Arkansas Rushing to Execute Seven People? | The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/why-is-arkansas-rushing-to-execute-seven-people 7 comments
- Supreme Court rules Texas used wrong standards to determine death-row inmate’s mental ability - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/supreme-court-reverses-texas-ruling-on-death-row-inmates-mental-ability/2017/03/28/c921acca-13bf-11e7-833c-503e1f6394c9_story.html 3 comments