Supreme Court declines to weigh IQ standards in Alabama death row case
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed Alabama’s appeal to the justices in a death row inmate’s case, declining to weigh how multiple IQ scores should be evaluated in capital cases for now. In an unsigned opinion, the court said Alabama’s appeal in its case against Joseph Clifton Smith was “improvidently granted,” meaning the justices made…
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