Appeals Court Says Alabama Can t Execute Intellectually Disabled Inmate waka.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from waka.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A federal appeals court has ruled the state of Alabama cannot execute death row inmate Joseph Clifton Smith, a man with an IQ in the 70s, who was sentenced to death for murdering a man in 1997.
A federal appeals court on Friday said Alabama cannot execute a man with an IQ in the 70s, agreeing with a lower court’s ruling that he is intellectually disabled and