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SCOTUS Doubts IQ Test on Death Row

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Margin of error under consideration.

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The Supreme Court appears set to block the execution of a prisoner on death row because he may be mentally disabled. On Monday, a majority of justices seemed to agree that states like Florida can't rely on IQ tests alone in borderline cases to determine eligiblity for execution.

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