Supreme Court spares the life of a death row inmate with a low IQ
The court declined to revisit the standard for when an intellectual disability prevents the death penalty, ruling they should not have taken case about whether Alabama can execute convicted murderer Joseph Smith, 55, whose intellectual disability was disputed.
Supreme Court spares life of convicted murderer with low IQ by dismissing case
The 55-year-old man at the center of the case, who has been on death row for more than 2 decades, has IQ scores ranging from 72 to 78.
