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Why are individuals with intellectual disabilities not allowed to be sentenced to death? (1 point)
Roper v. Simmons found this sentencing to be unconstitutional.
They are not over the age of 18, so they cannot understand the severity of their crimes.
It is considered cruel and unusual, because by the nature of their diagnosis, these individuals have a lessened ability to understand the severity of their crimes.
Individuals with intellectual disabilities are only allowed to be sentenced to death for homicide.
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The Supreme Court (Atkins v. Virginia, 2002) held that executing people with intellectual disabilities is cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment because their disability reduces culpability and increases risk of wrongful execution.
The Supreme Court (Atkins v. Virginia, 2002) held that executing people with intellectual disabilities is cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment because their disability reduces culpability and increases risk of wrongful execution.
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