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| Supreme Court weighs IQ test in Florida death penalty case |
| By marconews.com |
| Published: 03/03/2014 |
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Florida officials say Freddie Lee Hall is smart enough to die for what he did. On Monday, 36 years after the double murder that sent Hall to death row, the Supreme Court will consider whether Florida is right. The court's answer could mean life or death for Hall and other inmates whose below-average intelligence puts them on the borderline of eligibility for execution. More prosaically, the eventual ruling will shape how well the death-penalty process works. "This is a significant case because a decision the wrong way could lead to longer delays in carrying out sentences," Kent Scheidegger, of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation in Sacramento, Calif., said in an interview Friday. Read More. |
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