Intellectual Disability, Categorical Mitigation, & Punishment
Boston College Law Review (2023)
Individuals with intellectual disability in the criminal legal system experience objectively worse outcomes than others—more wrongful convictions, more pretrial detention, worse plea deals, and longer sentences. None of which is justified under the theories of punishment. These disparate outcomes stem from initial failures to identify that a person has intellectual disability and...
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