Hall v. Florida Reinvigorates Concept of Protection for Intellectually Disabled.

The article discusses a court case where the U.S. Supreme Court held that it is unconstitutional to execute the intellectually disabled and that Florida's bright-line IQ cutoff was unconstitutional. Florida courts found defendant Freddie Lee Hall fit to die despite his suffering from intellectual deficiencies throughout his life. The Court stated that persons faced with the most severe sanction should have a fair opportunity to show that the Constitutions prohibits their execution.