High Court Nixes Fla. Standard for Death Row IQ Exemption
- Saturday, 31 May 2014
- Big Law
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a Florida court decision holding that a convicted murderer who scored 71 on an IQ test is automatically ineligible for the death penalty exemption that Florida affords intellectually disabled convicts. So reports the Florida Times-Union.
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