WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court moved Tuesday to provide intellectually disabled defendants greater protection from execution, ruling that Florida can't set a simple IQ score of 70 as the cutoff from capital punishment.
Writing for a court that divided 5-4, Justice Anthony Kennedy said Florida's practice disregarded modern medical standards, which consider an IQ score an imprecise measurement that shouldn't be viewed in isolation when determining an individual's intellectual ability.
Writing for a court that divided 5-4, Justice Anthony Kennedy said Florida's practice disregarded modern medical standards, which consider an IQ score an imprecise measurement that shouldn't be viewed in isolation when determining an individual's intellectual ability.
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