… heard arguments in an Alabama death penalty case examining how IQ scores … in a closely watched Alabama death penalty case that could clarify how … grade levels below average. Justice Samuel Alito expressed concern that loosening standards …

… – Disability rights group fear a death penalty case before the Supreme Court … inmate’s eligibility for the death penalty. “Intellectual disability is a … Justice Samuel Alito, suggested there would be greater “consistency and predictability” in death penalty …

… Alabama seeks to implement the death penalty that was originally imposed on … placed further restrictions on the death penalty. “Today was more about providing … the question, with conservative Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas appearing to …

… the incentive to avoid the death penalty,” he said. Smith’s legal … of Alabama law.” Associate Justice Samuel Alito expressed concern that a ruling … who is eligible for the death penalty and create “a situation where …

… be disqualified from the death penalty, as Alabama seeks to … . Virginia found that the death penalty, if used against people … was sentenced to the death penalty after being found guilty … his arguments, with Justice Samuel Alito questioning his assertion that …

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday examined how to determine whether a death row inmate is intellectually disabled and should be spared execution. The top court more than 20 years ago outlawed executing individuals with diminished mental capacity, ruling it …

… for stays of execution in death penalty cases. For this column, however … docket was frequently dominated by death penalty cases. A state would set … dissents. Several years ago, Justice Samuel Alito criticized the use of the …

… be the death penalty for rape, there should be the death penalty for kidnapping … , while three of the dissenters, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas and John Roberts … van. Other death penalty experts said that upholding Florida’s death penalty cases would …

… – Disability rights group fear a death penalty case before the Supreme Court … inmate’s eligibility for the death penalty. “Intellectual disability is a … Justice Samuel Alito, suggested there would be greater “consistency and predictability” in death penalty …

… factual inquiry, treating the death penalty as a sealed outcome … made him eligible for the death penalty. And that, Roberts wrote … that desensitized landscape, Justice Samuel Alito’s dissent in Gutierrez … ’s dissent reduces the death penalty to a matter of …