Undark: Truth, Beauty, Science
Ep. 58: When an Intellectual Disability Means Life or Death
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 0:37:41
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Synopsis
When Pervis Payne was sentenced to death more than three decades ago, it was permissible to execute someone with an intellectual disability. A Supreme Court decision changed that in 2002, but Payne's disability was acknowledged only last year. Why did it take so long to remove him from The Row?