Entries tagged with “Steven Long”
Issues
Oct 19, 2017
Supreme Court Directs Florida to Reconsider Intellectual Disability Decision in Death Penalty Case
The United States Supreme Court has ordered the Florida Supreme Court to reconsider a decision that had denied a death-row prisoner’s claim that he was ineligible for the death penalty because he has Intellectual Disability. On October 16, the Court reversed and remanded the case of Tavares Wright (pictured, left), directing the Florida courts to reconsider his intellectual-disability claim in light of the constitutional standard the Court set forth in its March 2017 decision in Moore v. Texas.
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Executions Overview
,Aug 29, 2017
Texas Execution Stayed to Permit Proper Consideration of Intellectual Disability Claim
A Texas appeals court has stayed the August 30 execution of Steven Long (pictured) to provide him an opportunity to litigate a claim that he is ineligible for the death penalty because of intellectual disability. On August 21, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued the stay and remanded Long’s case to a Dallas County trial court, directing the court to reconsider his claim of intellectual disability in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s March 2017 ruling in Moore v. Texas. The Texas courts…