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Ruling on I.Q. Cutoff Could Spare Up to 20 Inmates, Experts Say

Nine states will have to fall in line with the majority of others that use a more flexible standard to measure intelligence when sentencing inmates. [Source]

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Origin: nytimes.com

Category: Capital Punishment

Topics: inmates, sentencing, intelligence, measure, standard, flexible, majority, states, Experts, Inmates, Spare, Could, Cutoff, Ruling

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