The Supreme Court case that could redefine "cruel and unusual," explained

The Court’s right flank has criticized Atkins from the day it was decided, and that right flank now controls six seats on the ...
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Court to consider the role of IQ tests in ban on executing people who are intellectually disabled

In 2002, the Supreme Court ruled in Atkins v. Virginia that the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment bars the execution of people who are intellectually disabled. Next week, […] The post ...
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The Supreme Court Puts IQ on Trial Again

I Q is back in the news with the Supreme Court’s third look at IQ and capital punishment since 2002. On December 10, 2025, ...

49 years later, Michigan Supreme Court to decide if man's sentence was 'cruel and unusual'

The Michigan Supreme Court will reconsider a 49-year-old murder sentence where, the defendant argues, there was no showing of ...