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US Supreme Court to review death row inmate's intellectual disability ruling - Reuters
US Supreme Court to review death row inmate's intellectual disability ruling. By John Kruzel. June 6, 2025 11:01 PM UTC Updated ago ... The Supreme Court's 2002 precedent in a case called Atkins v.
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Supreme Court to consider use of IQ tests in Alabama death row case - Montgomery Advertiser
The court on June 6 said it would take up the case of Alabama death row inmate Joseph Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to death for a brutal murder in 1997. Smith’s IQ scores have ranged ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel1mon
Supreme Court to consider use of IQ tests in determining death penalty - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The court on June 6 said it would take up the case of Alabama death row inmate Joseph Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to death for a brutal murder in 1997. Smith’s IQ scores have ranged ...
Tennessean20d
Former death row inmate Pervis Payne to serve consecutive life sentences - The Tennessean
Pervis Payne, formerly on death row, will not be eligible for parole until 2056. The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled Payne's two life sentences must be served consecutively. Payne was convicted in ...
Tennessean1mon
Supreme Court to consider use of IQ tests in determining death penalty - The Tennessean
The court on June 6 said it would take up the case of Alabama death row inmate Joseph Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to death for a brutal murder in 1997. Smith’s IQ scores have ranged ...
Columbus Dispatch1mon
Supreme Court to consider use of IQ tests in determining death penalty - The Columbus Dispatch
The court on June 6 said it would take up the case of Alabama death row inmate Joseph Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to death for a brutal murder in 1997. Smith’s IQ scores have ranged ...
Des Moines Register1mon
Supreme Court to consider use of IQ tests in determining death penalty - The Des Moines Register
The court on June 6 said it would take up the case of Alabama death row inmate Joseph Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to death for a brutal murder in 1997. Smith’s IQ scores have ranged ...
AOL1mon
US Supreme Court to review death row inmate's intellectual disability ruling - AOL
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear an appeal by Alabama officials of a judicial decision that a man convicted of a 1997 murder is intellectually disabled - a ...
Palm Beach Post1mon
Supreme Court to consider use of IQ tests in determining death penalty - Palm Beach Post
The court on June 6 said it would take up the case of Alabama death row inmate Joseph Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to death for a brutal murder in 1997. Smith’s IQ scores have ranged ...
Columbus Dispatch20d
Former death row inmate Pervis Payne to serve consecutive life sentences - The Columbus Dispatch
Pervis Payne, formerly on death row, will not be eligible for parole until 2056. The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled Payne's two life sentences must be served consecutively. Payne was convicted in ...
USA Today1mon
Supreme Court to consider use of IQ tests in determining death penalty - USA TODAY
The court on June 6 said it would take up the case of Alabama death row inmate Joseph Smith, who was convicted and sentenced to death for a brutal murder in 1997. Smith’s IQ scores have ranged ...
Commercial Appeal20d
Former death row inmate Pervis Payne to serve consecutive life sentences - The Commercial Appeal
Pervis Payne, formerly on death row, will not be eligible for parole until 2056. The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled Payne's two life sentences must be served consecutively. Payne was convicted in ...