Government
Apr. 14, 2007
Trial Judges Can Decide Retardation
Trial judges don't have to rely on an average IQ score to decide whether a defendant is ineligible for the death penalty because of mental retardation, the California Supreme Court said Thursday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Trial judges don't have to rely on an average IQ score to decide whether a defendant is ineligible for the death penalty because of mental retardation, the California Supreme Court said Thursday.
In a ruling that will have implications for murder suspects who haven't gone to trial as well as convicted defendants awaiting execution, the state's hi...
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