...Baher Azmy, legal director for the Center for Constitutional Rights, provided Teen Vogue with examples of some of these crimes: “These death-eligible federal statutes have what is called a federal or interstate hook; it might involve a kidnapping and murder across state lines, murder of a federal officer, murder while ‘smuggling’ an alien into the country; murder by a federal prisoner.”

The Supreme Court has altered its precedent over time with decisions such as Atkins v. Virginia in 2002, which prohibits the execution of those with intellectual disabilities. ...

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