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Supreme Court Takes Up Alabama Case Testing IQ-Only Bar to Death Penalty Protections

The justices will decide how claims for Atkins protections should account for multiple cognitive test results.

Louisiana Death Row Prisoner Freed on Bond as High Court Weighs Overturned Conviction

Florida Executes Samuel Lee Smithers for 1996 Killings, Marking 14th Execution of 2025

Utah Judge Schedules Sept. 5 Firing Squad Execution for Inmate With Dementia