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U.S. Supreme Court Dismisses Alabama Appeal in Joseph Smith Case

Published 21 May 2026

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal from Alabama officials seeking to execute a death row inmate whom lower courts have found to be intellectually disabled. The unsigned order leaves in place rulings that bar the state from putting Joseph Clifton Smith to death.

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