US Supreme Court calls ruling ‘unclear’ on whether Alabama Death Row inmate Joseph Clifton Smith intellectually disabled
The nation’s highest court weighed in on an Alabama Death Row inmate’s case on Monday, asking the appeals court to again rule ...
Cruel and unusual? Supreme Court wants new ruling in case involving convicted murderer with low IQ
In 2002, the Supreme Court ruled that executing someone with an intellectual disability violates the 8 th Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Later decisions in 2014 and 2016 faulted ...
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Supreme Court will hear case on second majority-Black district in Louisiana redistricting
The court also sent Joseph Smith’s case from Alabama’s death row back to the court of appeals for more clarification of the basis for the lower court’s decision. Alabama had asked the justices to ...
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Joseph Ruel Smith Dies
Joseph Ruel Smith, also known as “Peter,” was born on April 26, 1947, on St. Kitts and Nevis to the late Anne Gillard and ...
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Jennifer Harper Smith, 56, of Leicester
Jennifer Harper Smith passed away peacefully on Oct. 26, surrounded by her family, after a two-year battle with cancer. She ...
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A brief history of Mormons in NZ - from Joseph Smith to the Māori ‘lost tribe’
Its author, Joseph Smith, was the son of a farmer living in upstate New York. The early 1800s was a time of great religious enthusiasm and revivalism in the eastern United States and Smith had ...
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Joseph Carroll Smith, 76, Selinsgrove
Joseph Carroll Smith, 76, of Selinsgrove, passed away on Monday, October 7, 2024. Carroll was the beloved husband of Judy (Crissinger) Smith sharing over 24 years of loving marriage. Born in ...
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Richard Joseph “Rick” Smith OBITUARY
Richard Joseph “Rick” Smith, aged 67, of Lorain, Ohio, passed away on October 15th, 2024, in Amherst, Ohio. Born on March 19, 1957, in Lorain, Ohio, Rick was a lifelong resident and an ardent ...