Atkins V. Virginia
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| Date decided | 2002 |
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| Ruling court | Supreme Court of the United States |
| Majority | Stevens |
| Subsequent | Remanded to Circuit Court, 581 S. E. 2d 514 (Va. 2003) |
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| ID | 1396726 |
About Atkins V. Virginia
Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U. S. 304, is a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 6-3 that executing people with intellectual disabilities violates the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishments, but states can define who has intellectual disability.
