Capital Defendants with Intellectual Disability

[摘要] intellectual disabilitydeath penaltyadaptive functioning deficitsadaptive functioning strengthsStrengths in Adaptive Functioning Need Not Be Considered to Identify Defendants with Intellectual Disability in Death Penalty CasesIn Jackson v. Payne, 9 F.4th 646 (8th Cir. 2021), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the federal district court ruling that defendant Alvin Bernal Jackson was intellectually disabled and thus was ineligible for the death penalty. The Eighth Circuit found that the district court’s ruling, which did not credit Mr. Jackson’s adaptive functioning strengths, was consistent with Arkansas’ statutory requirements and U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

[学科分类] 儿科学

[关键词] intellectual disability;death penalty;adaptive functioning deficits;adaptive functioning strengths