Higgs was convicted of overseeing the kidnapping and murder of 3 women on the Patuxent Research Refuge in Maryland in 1996. He did not kill anyone himself, which his lawyers have argued is grounds for clemency.
They have said the IQ score of 77 that was presented at his 1993 trial was incorrect, and his real IQ is even lower, within the range of 70-75 threshold courts have used to determine intellectual disability. The appeals court's Judge James Wynn dissented from the majority, saying that new evidence shows Johnson's IQ is lower than 77.
The Supreme Court also rejected a petition by Johnson's lawyers to delay the execution on these grounds.
As it should be. Why let someone recover when they’re gonna be executed anyway? Illogical
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