The 55-year-old man at the center of the case, who has been on death row for more than 2 decades, has IQ scores ranging from 72 to 78.

The 55-year-old man at the center of the case, who has been on death row for more than 2 decades, has IQ scores ranging from 72 to 78.

The Supreme Court on Thursday let stand an appeals court decision that barred Alabama from executing a man that lower courts found is likely intellectually disabled.

A divided Supreme Court has dismissed Alabama’s bid to be allowed to execute a convicted murderer who was found by lower courts to be intellectually disabled

The Supreme Court outlawed the execution of intellectually disabled individuals in a landmark 2002 ruling

The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday dismissed an appeal from Alabama in a death row case by declining to look at how IQ scores affect capital cases.

The Supreme Court dismissed a case over how to weigh multiple IQ scores when determining if an inmate may be executed by the state.

It was a limited victory, but it broke with the high court’s long-standing favor toward the death penalty.