Appeals court says Alabama can't execute intellectually disabled inmate
Joseph Clifton Smith was convicted for the 1997 beating death of Durk Van Dam.
Source: wvtm13.com
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Appeals court says Alabama can't execute intellectually disabled inmate
A federal appeals court said Alabama can't execute Joseph Clifton Smith, 52, a man with an IQ in the 70s, as the court ruled that he is intellectually disabled and that his death sentence is unconstitutional.
Source: nypost.com
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Execution of intellectually disabled man unconstitutional, court rules
A federal appeals court has ruled the state of Alabama cannot execute death row inmate Joseph Clifton Smith, a man with an IQ in the 70s, who was sentenced to death for murdering a man in 1997.
Source: nydailynews.com
Appeals court says Alabama can't execute intellectually disabled inmate
A federal appeals court on Friday said Alabama cannot execute a man with an IQ in the 70s, agreeing with a lower court’s ruling that he is intellectually disabled and
Source: local3news.com
Alabama can't execute 'intellectually disabled' death row inmate, appeals court rules
The U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals decision Friday means, unless overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, he won’t be put to death.
Source: al.com