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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mark Sherman and Kim Chandler

Supreme Court hears Alabama death penalty case for man with intellectual disability

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on Wednesday in a case that could make it more challenging for convicted murderers to avoid execution by claiming intellectual disability.

The case stems from an appeal by Alabama, which aims to execute a man whom lower federal courts have determined to be intellectually disabled.

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