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Supreme Court wrestles with Alabama death penalty case centered on intellectual disability
11 Dec 2025 16:55 GMT
… at a kindergarten level.
The Supreme Court ruled more than two decades … placed further restrictions on the death penalty.
“Today was more about providing … question, with conservative Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas appearing to indicate they …
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Alabama Begs Supreme Court to Make It Easier to Execute People With Intellectual Disabilities
14 Dec 2025 12:22 GMT
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It is no secret that Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito agree with … ’ approval.”
The following year, the Supreme Court handed down Atkins, officially prohibiting … death row, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, others have been …
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COMMENTARY: When did Supreme Court stop caring about public opinion?
13 Dec 2025 11:47 GMT
… , campaign finance rules, the death penalty, transgender rights and much more … agency leaders without cause, and Justice Clarence Thomas has raised doubts about the … need to pander. Historically, however, Supreme Court justices have understood the perils of …
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Supreme Court Weighs IQ Tests and Other School Records in Key Death Penalty Case
11 Dec 2025 18:44 GMT
… S. Supreme Court heard arguments this week in a death penalty case in … 2014 and 2017. Only Justice Clarence Thomas remains from the 2002 … three more liberal members—Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan … of the other conservative justices were harder to read, …
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Alabama’s argument on executions and IQ scores leaves Supreme Court ‘confused’
11 Dec 2025 02:51 GMT
… disabled and ineligible for the death penalty. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall … intellectually disabled. And the Supreme Court has ruled in a previous … questioning began.
Overing told Associate Justice Clarence Thomas that the burden for proving …
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Supreme Court To Hear Arguments Over IQ And Death Penalty
11 Dec 2025 02:43 GMT
… (emphasis ours),
The Supreme Court is set to hear …
It pointed to another Supreme Court decision—Hall v. Florida … receive the death penalty.
Alabama told the Supreme Court that this … how the Supreme Court will rule but Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from …
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The Supreme Court Takes Aim at Intellectually Disabled Death Row Inmates
08 Dec 2025 20:57 GMT
… punishment is cruel.
As Justice John Paul Stevens explained, … seriousness to take the death penalty off the table. … a ferocious dissent, which Justice Clarence Thomas joined. Not only does … the death penalty and who ‘deserves’ it.”
When the Supreme Court hears …
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When did the Supreme Court stop caring about public opinion?
04 Dec 2025 11:19 GMT
… , campaign finance rules, the death penalty, transgender rights and much more … to pander. Historically, however, Supreme Court justices have understood the perils of … leaders without cause.[1] Justice Clarence Thomas has further challenged the foundations …
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Could a Florida death penalty case reshape how U.S. handles child sex abuse?
22 Oct 2025 14:16 GMT
… see the Supreme Court overturn its longstanding precedent against the death penalty for … majority opinion, the justices wrote that the death penalty would be disproportionate … Alito, Clarence Thomas and John Roberts, are all still on the Supreme Court.
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Want to understand the Supreme Court? Look at what different justices call ‘tragic’
15 Oct 2025 16:00 GMT
The Supreme Court wields significant power … issues with the death penalty and criminal justice more broadly, penned … from death row: Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch. … including updates from the Supreme Court and developments in the …