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The US Supreme Court has vacated a federal appeals court decision that had blocked the execution of Joseph Clifton Smith, a death row inmate in Alabama, due to his intellectual disability. Smith was convicted for the 1997 murder of Durk Van Dam. The Supreme Court has ordered the lower court to re-examine the case and issue a clearer ruling after reviewing multiple IQ scores. This decision comes amidst broader discussions on the limits of the death penalty for intellectually disabled individuals, with over a dozen states supporting Alabama's appeal, arguing that protections against cruel and unusual punishment have eroded their ability to address crime.
The Supreme Court vacated a federal appeals court’s decision blocking a death row inmate’s execution because he says he’s intellectually disabled, ordering the lower court to issue a clearer ruling. https://t.co/pcztunYdGE https://t.co/nmvKCjJmVG
The Supreme Court ordered a federal appeals court to take another look at how it decided an Alabama man on death row was intellectually disabled and shouldn’t be put to death after reviewing multiple IQ scores. https://t.co/d523a9SEku
SCOTUS threw out a judicial decision that had spared Joseph Clifton Smith, who was convicted for the murder of a man named Durk Van Dam in Alabama in 1997, from execution because he was found to be intellectually disabled https://t.co/Oi7f2S0w9F https://t.co/lWCtFYg5jI
