Will the Supreme Court Stop Texas from Executing the Intellectually Disabled?

Since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in the United States, in 1976, Texas has been responsible for more than a third of the country’s executions—five hundred and thirty-eight out of a thousand four hundred and forty. The most egregious reason is the state’s unique and grudging approach in cases where the defendant claims intellectual disability.

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