Monday, October 21, 2013

Supreme Court Will Hear Case On Executions And Mental Disability

The standard by which a felon is judged to be mentally competent to face execution will be reviewed by the U.S. Supreme Court. The court agreed Monday to hear a case involving a Florida man convicted of a 1978 murder; he has an IQ that's close to the state threshold.

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Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/21/239088719/supreme-court-will-hear-case-on-executions-and-mental-disability?ft=1&f=1070

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