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ATKINS v. VIRGINIA, 00-8452

Executions of mentally retarded criminals are "cruel and unusual punishments" prohibited by the Eighth Amendment.

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  • Decided 06/20/2002
  • Published 06/20/2002

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  • United States Supreme Court

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