"A Tale of Two (and Possibly Three) Atkins: Intellectual Disability and" by John H. Blume, Sheri Lynn Johnson et al.
 

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-2014

Keywords

Atkins v. Virginia, Capital punishment, Death penalty, Intellectually disabled defendants

Disciplines

Constitutional Law | Criminal Law

Abstract

This article examines empirically the capital cases decided by the lower courts since the United States Supreme Court created the categorical ban against the execution of persons with intellectual disability twelve years ago in the Atkins decision.

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