An Alabama man challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results in a series of I.Q.
On Thursday, the US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to dismiss the Hamm v. Smith case, effectively upholding its rulings that people ...
Supreme Court dismissed Alabama’s appeal on IQ assessment method Joseph Clifton Smith was convicted of 1997 murder in Mobile County Smith’s IQ scores ranged from 72 to 78 with expert testimony ...
The state of Alabama has a complicated relationship with science, and its criminal courts are no exception. Often, state prosecutors defend debunked junk science, like bite marks, to keep people in ...