Intellectual disability and the death penalty : current issues and controversies / Marc J. Tassé and John H. Blume.

Author: Tassé, Marc J. author.

Imprint:Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2018]

Descriptionviii, 176 pages ; 25 cm

Note:Intellectual disability and how it is diagnosed -- A brief history of and introduction to the modern American death penalty -- The Supreme Court and the categorical exemption from capital punishment for persons with intellectual disability : Atkins v. Virginia -- Atkins on the ground : post-Atkins lower court decisions -- Assessing intellectual functioning -- Assessing adaptive behavior -- Assessing the age of onset -- Expert witnesses -- The future of Atkins.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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