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

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

The Court’s Republicans appear much more divided on the death penalty than some of their previous cases suggested.

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

Four justices dissented, hinting at a sharp conflict behind the scenes.