Science in court: Smart enough to die?

Sara Reardon

Nature, 2014, vol. 506, issue 7488, 284-286

Abstract: The US Supreme Court years ago ruled against applying the death penalty to people unable to understand the legal process. Now it must grapple with the science of how intellectual disability is measured.

Date: 2014
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