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State Procedures for Determining Intellectual Disabilities in Death Penalty Cases Must Follow Established Medical Practice
June 3rd, 2014
In 2002, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, (2002), holding it violates the Eighth Amendment to execute a person with intellectual disabilities, also know as mental retardation. Last week, the Supreme Cou…
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