Hall v. Florida Oral Argument
2014-03-07T20:00:22-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvZjQ1XC8yMDE0MDMwNzIwMzAzODAwMl9oZC5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Hall v. Florida, docket number 12-10882, a case testing the limits of the court’s ban on executing the intellectually disabled. The issue rested on how states defined intellectual disability when using IQ tests. Florida uses an IQ cutoff of 70 for determining intellectual disability. The court was to decide whether the cutoff was so rigid that it was unconstitutional.
In 2002 the Supreme Court ruled that executing those who are “mentally retarded” is “cruel and unusual punishment” under the Eighth Amendment. The court decided at that time to leave it to states to determine the criteria for meeting this standard.
The court on May 27, 2014, held that a bright-line IQ threshold requirement for determining whether someone has an intellectual disability (formerly known as "mental retardation") is unconstitutional in deciding whether they are eligible for the death penalty.
In 2002 the Supreme Court ruled that executing those who are “mentally retarded” is “cruel and unusual punishment” under the Eighth Amendment. The court decided at that time to leave it to states to determine the criteria for meeting this standard.
The court on May 27, 2014, held that a bright-line IQ threshold requirement for determining whether someone has an intellectual disability (formerly known as "mental retardation") is unconstitutional in deciding whether they are eligible for the death penalty.
The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Hall v. Florida, docket number 12-10882, a case testing the limits of the court’s ban on executing … read more
The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Hall v. Florida, docket number 12-10882, a case testing the limits of the court’s ban on executing the intellectually disabled. The issue rested on how states defined intellectual disability when using IQ tests. Florida uses an IQ cutoff of 70 for determining intellectual disability. The court was to decide whether the cutoff was so rigid that it was unconstitutional.
In 2002 the Supreme Court ruled that executing those who are “mentally retarded” is “cruel and unusual punishment” under the Eighth Amendment. The court decided at that time to leave it to states to determine the criteria for meeting this standard.
The court on May 27, 2014, held that a bright-line IQ threshold requirement for determining whether someone has an intellectual disability (formerly known as "mental retardation") is unconstitutional in deciding whether they are eligible for the death penalty. close
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