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21 Jul 2012, 8:47 am by Ziv Steinberg
A decade ago, the Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to execute people with mental retardation in Atkins v. [read post]
21 Jul 2012, 2:52 am by SHG
While the Supreme Court held that a state could not put a retarded person to death in Atkins v. [read post]
18 Jul 2012, 2:10 pm by Kent Scheidegger
"Hearn's lawyers claim he is retarded and therefore ineligible for execution under Atkins v. [read post]
12 Jul 2012, 7:36 am by Steve Hall
In Georgia, meanwhile, the state supreme court has refused to designate Hill as mentally retarded, scoffing at the mandate of Atkins v. [read post]
5 Jul 2012, 8:35 pm by Ben Cheng
Virginia -- is contrary to or an unreasonable application of Atkins v. [read post]
8 Apr 2012, 10:00 am by Zachary Spilman
In 2002 the Supreme Court ruled that the imposition of the death penalty on the mentally retarded constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution (Atkins v. [read post]
26 Mar 2012, 11:52 am
Wainwright, then extending that ban to the mentally retarded with Atkins v. [read post]
21 Mar 2012, 8:40 am by Russ Bensing
  Ten years ago, in Atkins v. [read post]