An Alabama man challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results in a series of I.Q. tests.
On Thursday, the US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to dismiss the Hamm v. Smith case, effectively upholding its rulings that people with intellectual disabilities should not be executed, ...
The justices voted 5-4 to dismiss Alabama's appeal.
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) - A man convicted of a 1997 murder in Alabama will be spared execution after the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday kept in place a judicial finding that the ...
Supreme Court dismissed Alabama’s appeal on IQ assessment method Joseph Clifton Smith was convicted of 1997 murder in Mobile County Smith’s IQ scores ranged from 72 to 78 with expert testimony ...
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 ...
Joseph Clifton Smith is shown in this booking photo released by the Alabama Department of Corrections. (Alabama Department of Corrections) (WASHINGTON) — In a rare move on Thursday, the Supreme Court ...
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