Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and the Death Penalty

[摘要] Fifth Circuit Denied Rehearing on Whether Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is Equivalent to Intellectual Disability under AtkinsIn In re Soliz, 938 F.3d 200 (5th Cir. 2019), Mark Soliz motioned the federal court of appeals to consider a successive habeas application and stay of execution. Mr. Soliz argued that his diagnosis of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) should exempt him from the death penalty and that his case was eligible to be reconsidered according to Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002). The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied his motion, stating that Mr. Soliz did “not present a new claim of a retroactive constitutional right recognized by the Supreme Court that was previously unavailable to him” (Soliz, p 203).

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