Supreme court bans execution of low-IQ convicts
Opponents of the death penalty in the US won a major victory yesterday when the supreme court ruled by six votes to three that it was unconstitutional to execute those with learning difficulties. The decision reversed a previous vote taken 13 years ago.| Comments on article "Supreme court bans execution of low-IQ convicts" | |||||||||
|
Use the feedback form below to submit your comments.
Use the form below to email this article to your friends.
- New Jersey to Become First State in Four Decades to Abolish Death Penalty
- Of Conviction and Calculation
- SAVE TOOKIE WILLIAMS: The Case Against Capital Punishment
- Reasons against Capital Punishment (Death Penalty)
- Texas Proposes Execution for Repeat Child Sex Offenders
- Rodriguez Sentenced to Death for Killing Dru Sjodin
- South Dakota Schedules Its First Execution in 59 Years
- Prosecutors Will Seek Death Penalty for David Ludwig
- 1,000th Execution Since 1977 Will Take Place Next Week
- Scott Peterson Receives Death Penalty
- Scott Peterson May Get Death Penalty; Jurors May Get Book Deal
- Poland Blocks Eu Protest Over Death Penalty
- America Turns Its Back on Death Penalty After Botched Lethal Injection of Killer
- US Soldier Admits Killing Family After Raping Girl
- Where Death is the Penalty for Going Bare-headed
- 'For Eight Minutes We Sat There, Waiting for Him to Die'
- Death Penalty Shock for Australians
- 10 Pros and Cons of Capital Punishment
- First Single Drug Execution Carried Out in Ohio
- Historical Methods of Capital Punishment
- Facts about Capital Punishment
- Pentagon Seeks Death Penalty for USS Cole Bombing
- 9/11 Terrorists Face the Death Penalty