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The Supreme Court's Dangerous Intellectual Disability Debate Threatens Justice and Human Dignity

The Supreme Court is reconsidering whether borderline intellectual disability cases should exempt convicted murderers from execution, with Alabama arguing against additional evidence beyond IQ scores. This chilling debate threatens to roll back hard-won protections for society's most vulnerable and undermines the fundamental principle that justice must account for human dignity beyond mere test numbers.