U.S. Supreme Court Denied Petition for Certiorari in Challenge to Georgia’s Beyond Reasonable Doubt Standard to Establish Intellectual Disability

February 28, 2022
U.S. Supreme Court Denied Petition for Certiorari in Challenge to Georgia’s Beyond Reasonable Doubt Standard to Establish Intellectual Disability
U.S. Supreme Court Denied Petition for Certiorari in Challenge to Georgia’s Beyond Reasonable Doubt Standard to Establish Intellectual Disability

On February 28, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari in Young v. Georgia, #21-782 which was a capital punishment case involving an individual with a claim that he should be exempt from capital punishment because he was an individual with an intellectual disability. The case would have presented a challenge to Georgia’s beyond a reasonable doubt burden of proof standard for individuals seeking to assert they are an individual with an intellectual disability. NDRN had joined an amicus in support of certiorari.