Science in court: Smart enough to die?

Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 11:01 in Mathematics & Economics

The US Supreme Court years ago ruled against applying the death penalty to people unable to understand the legal process. Now it must grapple with the science of how intellectual disability is measured.Nature 506 284 doi: 10.1038/506284a

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