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Lawyers seek Supreme Court review of death penalty cases
South Carolina lawyers seek the U S Supreme Court to review death penalty cases after a June ruling that executing mentally retarded killers is cruel. Seven inmates petition the state Supreme Court, filed July 17 by Olympia attorney John Blume, arguing no procedures exist to guide execution of intellectually disabled defendants. The high court will act after the state responds.
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South Carolina
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Laura Hudson
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