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Court Rules Against Florida I.Q. Rule in Death Cases

The Supreme Court said the state was being too rigid when it said anyone with an I.Q. of 71 or over is not eligible to be spared the death penalty on account of intellectual disabilities. [Source]

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Origin: nytimes.com

Category: Capital Punishment

Topics: Court, disabilities, intellectual, account, penalty, death, spared, eligible, anyone, rigid, being, state, Supreme, Cases, Death, Florida, Against, Rules

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