{"id":2861,"date":"2022-03-10T22:37:42","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T03:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2861"},"modified":"2022-03-10T22:37:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T03:37:42","slug":"what-makes-a-defendant-intellectually-disabled-united-states-supreme-court-may-decide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/what-makes-a-defendant-intellectually-disabled-united-states-supreme-court-may-decide\/","title":{"rendered":"What Makes a Defendant Intellectually Disabled? United States Supreme Court May Decide."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What Makes a Defendant Intellectually Disabled? United States Supreme Court May Decide.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Eighth Amendment of the constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. A punishment is considered cruel and unusual for many reasons, one of which is if the punishment is grossly disproportionate to the crime committed. In general, sentencing an intellectually disabled person to death is considered cruel and unusual punishment. The standard for providing an intellectual disability may soon change if the United States Supreme Court grants cert to the case of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/20\/20-7805\/192791\/20210917150855515_knight%20US%20S%20Ct%20brief.pdf\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Commonwealth v. Knight<\/span><\/em><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What happened in the\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Knight\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">case?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/what-makes-a-defendant-intellectually-disabled-united-states-supreme-court-may-decide\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading What Makes a Defendant Intellectually Disabled? United States Supreme Court May Decide.\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Makes a Defendant Intellectually Disabled? United States Supreme Court May Decide. The Eighth Amendment of the constitution prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. 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