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Supreme Court dismisses Alabama effort to execute convict
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Supreme Court dismisses Alabama effort to execute convict.Support WBUR Supreme Court dismisses Alabama effort to execute convict On Thursday, the U.S.Supreme Court dismissed an effort by Alabama to execute a man who was convicted of a 1997 murder.Lower courts said he was intellectually disabled after test scores put his IQ slightly above 70, the accepted standard for intellectual disability.The Supreme Court's action leaves a lower court ruling in place that blocked the man's execution.Here & Now's Indira Lakshmanan speaks with Mark Joseph Stern, who covers the courts and the law for Slate and co-hosts the podcast Amicus.This segment aired on May 21, 2026.