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Atkins v. Virginia

May 3, 2017 by: Content Team

Following is the case brief for Atkins v. Virginia, Supreme Court of the United States, (2002) Case summary for Atkins v. Virginia: Daryl Atkins has an IQ of 59 and was sentenced to death for robbing and murdering a man at gun point. Atkins appealed his death sentence to the United States Supreme Court, claiming it violated the Eighth Amendment. […]

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