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CHASE v. STATE

No. 2003-DR-01335-SCT.

873 So.2d 1013 (2004)

Ricky CHASE v. STATE of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

May 20, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia Stewart, Jackson, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General by Marvin L. White, Jr., Dunn Lampton, attorney for appellee.

DICKINSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. On June 20, 2002, the United States Supreme Court decided that execution of the mentally retarded constitutes cruel and unusual punishment and is therefore prohibited by the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 122 S.Ct. 2242, 153 L.Ed.2d 335 (2002). As a result, numerous hopeful death row inmates have engaged in exhaustive research...

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