The state of Georgia is scheduled to execute Warren Hill at 7:00 PM tonight. This would be in violation of the 2002 US Supreme Court ruling in the case of Atkins vs. Virginia, because Warren Hill has an IQ of 70. The ruling bars the execution of mentally retarded people under the 8th Amendment as cruel and unusual.
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