US Supreme Court upholds ruling sparing Alabama death row inmate from execution

By: Ralph Chapoco

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: May 21, 2026

Words: 787

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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The U.S. Supreme Court Thursday rejected a move by Alabama to overrule lower court rulings that an Alabama death row inmate is ineligible for execution due to intellectual disabilities.

In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled that it had “improvidently granted” a writ of certiorari in Hamm v. Smith, which meant that it first agreed to hear the case but later decided that it should not have been accepted.

The case hinged on …

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