Looking at #HammvSmith, the wild #SupremeCourt case in which #Alabama is desperate to give the #DeathPenalty to someone who their own #courts found #IntellectuallyDisabled, despite it violating the #8thAmendment of the #constitution according to many past rulings. Alabama argues that his #IQtest scores range between 72 and 78, above the limit of 70. Defense counters that experts agree that #IQ is a flawed measure, that he has issues that aren't going to show on IQ tests, and that 72 is so low that the margin of error would reach below 70.

Meanwhile, the courts found multiple times that he was not competent for #execution, and let's be really honest here, everyone, even the #prosecutors, think he is #MentallyDisabled. This feels to me like #DoubleJeopardy and nitpicking: the courts already said he didn't meet the standard of #competence, and the #prosecutor is basically asking the supreme #court to have lower courts ignore facts whenever a state wants to kill people.

https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/court-appears-divided-on-whether-lower-courts-properly-found-death-row-inmate-to-be-intellectually-disabled/

#brotherStew, Brewster, MA - May 2000.

#siblings #intellectuallyDisabled #documentary #longFormProject #photography #blackAndWhite

A federal inmate whose death sentence was tossed remains on death row in solitary confinement despite a 2019 ruling that he's intellectually disabled and can never be put to death. The government hasn't authorized his transfer to a less restrictive unit.

#DeathPeanalty #IntellectuallyDisabled
https://apnews.com/article/death-penalty-capital-punishment-execution-intellectual-disability-5c003378843f3237358d533f09aaf863

Here are some special needs girls having fun outdoors.

#specialneeds #littlegirl #girl #blonde #brunette #downsyndrome #disabled #handicap #handicapped #mentalhandicap #intellectuallydisabled