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Capital Punishment

A federal judge denied a habeas petition from an Alabama inmate on death row, finding that his IQ of 76 does not show he is intellectually disabled, so he can be executed without violating the Eighth Amendment.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A federal judge denied a habeas petition from an Alabama inmate on death row, finding that his IQ of 76 does not show he is intellectually disabled, so he can be executed without violating the Eighth Amendment.

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