The Development of Intellectual Disabilities in United States Capital Cases and the Modern Applicati...
The Development of Intellectual Disabilities in United States Capital Cases and the Modern Application of Moore v. Texas to State Court Decisions
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University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
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Although in 1989 the Supreme Court of the United States initially held that the Eighth Amendment did not prohibit executing persons with intellectual disabilities in Penry v. Lynaugh, in 2002 it subsequently reversed this decision in Atkins v. Virginia, citing changing state legislation. Since the Atkins decision, state courts have interpreted the...
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The Development of Intellectual Disabilities in United States Capital Cases and the Modern Application of Moore v. Texas to State Court Decisions
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2167-8286
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